Yozo Ishikawa
Yozo Ishikawa was a Japanese lawmaker and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. He served as Minister of Defense (Japan)#Minister of State, Head or Director General of the [Japan Defense Agency|director general] of the now-defunct defense agency of Japan in 1990.
Career
Ishikawa was a member of the LDP and was part of a group headed by Yōhei Kōno in the party. He served in the House of Representatives from 1976 to 1993, and again from 1996 to 2003.In 1983, Ishikawa was parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs. In 1984, he served as the chairman of LDP's diplomacy committee. On 28 February 1990 he was appointed defense minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, replacing Juro Matsumoto in the post. Ishikawa's tenure was very brief and on 29 December of the same year he was replaced by Yukihiko Ikeda in the post. After that, Ishikawa led the LDP's Tokyo chapter.
Ishikawa died on 21 June 2014 from acute respiratory failure after being hospitalized with pneumonia.