By YOSHIYUKI KOMURATA/ Staff Writer
June 27, 2021 at 08:00 JST
Yoshihide Yoshida, the first chief of staff of the Ground Self-Defense Force to have graduated from a college other than the National Defense Academy in 30 years or so, is seen April 1 at the Defense Ministry. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Japan's new head of the Ground Self-Defense Force is something of a maverick, having become the first top-ranking officer not to have graduated from the National Defense Academy in recent memory. [Read More]
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