Shigeru Iwasaki
[1][2][3] Iwasaki was born and raised in Iwate Prefecture and attended Morioka Third High School.[5] In December 2010, General Iwasaki became the 31st Chief of Staff of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.As Chief of Staff, he spearheaded the effort to procure the fifth generation Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II.[8] He replaced GSDF General Ryuichi Ariki, and his Vice Chief of Staff was Kōichi Isobe.He has presided over a number of significant national security issues, including the renewed Senkaku Islands dispute and the possible revision of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution (following the Liberal Democratic Party's landslide electoral victory in December 2012).
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