Office1: | Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency |
Primeminister1: | Toshiki Kaifu |
Term Start1: | 28 February 1990 |
Term End1: | 29 December 1990 |
Predecessor1: | Juro Matsumoto |
Successor1: | Yukihiko Ikeda |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1925 |
Birth Place: | Tokyo, Empire of Japan |
Death Place: | Tokyo, Japan |
Party: | Liberal Democratic Party |
Alma Mater: | Waseda University |
was a lawmaker and a member of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He served as director general of the now-defunct defense agency of Japan in 1990.
Ishikawa was a member of the LDP.[1] He was part of the group headed by Yōhei Kōno in the party.[2] He served at the House of Representatives.[3]
In 1983, Ishikawa was parliamentary vice minister for foreign affairs.[4] In 1984, he served as the chairman of LDP's diplomacy committee.[1] On 28 February 1990 he was appointed defense minister in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, replacing Juro Matsumoto in the post.[5] Ishikawa's tenure was very brief and on 29 December of the same year he was replaced by Yukihiko Ikeda in the post.[6] After that, Ishikawa led the LDP's Tokyo chapter.[3]
Ishikawa died on 21 June 2014 from acute respiratory failure after being hospitalized with pneumonia.[7]