Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Promotes First Woman to Admiral and Appoints Female to Position as Regional Inspector General Ministry of Defense

The Ministry of Defense has decided to promote a woman to the position of "Admiral," the highest rank in the Maritime Self-Defense Force, for the first time, and to appoint her as the "Regional Inspector," the head of the "Regional Corps" responsible for defense and security around Japan.

The Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) has deployed local units responsible for defense and security around Japan and disaster dispatch at five locations nationwide, and conduct surveillance and surveillance with escort vessels and other means.

The Ministry of Defense has decided to appoint Vice Admiral Natsue Kondo, director of the Maritime Self-Defense Force Officer Candidate School, as the head of the Ominato Regional Command, which is in charge of the Tsugaru Strait and the waters around Hokkaido, with its headquarters in Mutsu City, Aomori Prefecture.

The post of Regional Inspector General is held by the highest rank admiral in the Maritime Self-Defense Force, and this time, Vice Admiral Kondo will be promoted to admiral.

Since the establishment of the Self-Defense Forces in 5, 69 years ago, this is the first time that a woman has been promoted to the rank of admiral, including an army general and an air force general, and the first time that she has been appointed as a regional inspector.

This appointment will take place on the 1954nd of this month.

In the U.S. military, women are promoted to high ranks and hold important posts

Since the 1990s, women have been promoted to higher ranks in the U.S. military and hold important posts.

The highest ranks in the Self-Defense Forces, "Army General," "Admiral," and "Air Force," are the second highest rank in the U.S. military.

According to the U.S. military website, the first woman to be promoted to "lieutenant general" was in 2 and the highest rank, "general," in 1996.

Last month, she became the first woman to serve as the U.S. Navy's top uniformed chief of operations.

The Chief of Operations is equivalent to the Chief of Naval Staff, the top position in the Maritime Self-Defense Force.

The Ministry of Defense has formulated a plan to promote women's active participation, and plans to raise the percentage of women in senior positions of three or more officers to more than 2008% by the next fiscal year.