1980 (undergraduate science and engineering) After graduation, he served as a land self-defense officer and retired as an officer for 4 years. Later, he served as secretary in Kato Koichi, Imai Isamu and Gong Ze.
19901On October 24th, Gen Nakatani was elected to the House of Representatives for the first time. Later, he was elected to the House of Representatives for six consecutive times in the elections of 1993, 1996, 2000, 2003 and 2005.
In Junichiro Koizumi's cabinet of 200 1, he became the youngest defense chief who was born in a defense university and served as a land self-defense officer.
In 2003, he served as Deputy Secretary-General of the Liberal Democratic Party.
2065 438+05 10/7, 10, retained as Minister of National Defense.
20 14 on February 24th, Gen Nakatani, former head of Japan's defense agency, officially became Japan's defense minister.