Kirk here reporting that KIHARA Minoru (Kumamoto) is Japan’s new Minister of Defense.

https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Japan-PM-Kishida-to-replace-foreign-defense-ministers

I think his fans and detractors would both agree that he’s quite conservative. He is, for example, an member of the very conservative (some would say reactionary) Nippon Kaigi:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Kaigi

If you’d like to see previous Kumamoto International posts about Mr. Kihara, please click on the following link:

https://www.facebook.com/profile/100064554018003/search/?q=kihara