Minister of State for Defense in the first cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi. Yoshihiro Murai, governor of Miyagi Prefecture Masahisa Sato, member of the House of Councillors Takashi Uto, member of the House of Councillors Kimiya Yui, astronaut Notable faculty Condoleezza Rice had a three-week visiting professorship at the NDAJ in 1984, where she "had a hard time adjusting to the rigid hierarchy," according to her 2010 memoirs, Extraordinary, Ordinary People. Ikujiro Nonaka, organizational theorist Ikuhiko Hata, historian See also Military academy National Defense Medical College International Peace Cooperation Activities Training Unit External links National Defense Academy of Japan Webpage Educational institutions established in 1953 Daigakkō in Japan Japan Self-Defense Forces Military academies of Japan Buildings and structures in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Universities and colleges in Kanagawa Prefecture 1953 establishments in Japan