controversial at the Ministry

controversial at the Ministry of Defence, due mostly to his tenure in the initial days of its creation. Should he return to power and propose major security policies that the Self-Defence Forces perceive as inimical to their interests, the stage could well be set for a clash between them and the Prime Minister. Newly-appointed Defence Minister Gen Nakatani, a former Ground Self-Defence Force general, would then have to exert himself in order to mediate friction between the two sides ufabet