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Gen Nakatani (中谷 元, Nakatani Gen, born 14 October 1957) is a Japanese politician who was Director General of the Japan Defense Agency (now Japan Ministry of Defense) in the first cabinet of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in 2001-2002 and was appointed the Minister of Defense by former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2014.
M72/AS01 E is an experimental tuberculosis vaccine. If approved, it would be the first vaccine for tuberculosis in more than a century after the BCG vaccine. [1] [2] The vaccine consists of two main ingredients. The antigen part is M72, a recombinant fusion protein derived from the sequences of two M. tuberculosis antigens (Mtb32A and Mtb39A ).
Japan's main goal of national defense is the prevention of indirect as well as direct aggression from outside enemies. The Japanese government reformed the Defense Agency to the Ministry of Defense with a ceremony that was attended by then Prime Minister Shinzō Abe and the then-new Minister of Defense Fumio Kyuma.
The Japanese Defense Agency was established on 1 July 1954. Until May 2000, it was based in Akasaka (currently occupied by Tokyo Midtown).The JDA was placed under the authority of the Prime Minister's Office under Article 2 of the Defense Agency Establishment Law [17] before it was placed under the Cabinet Office in 2001.
Tuberculosis (TB) vaccines are vaccinations intended for the prevention of tuberculosis. Immunotherapy as a defence against TB was first proposed in 1890 by Robert Koch . [ 1 ] As of 2021, the only effective tuberculosis vaccine in common use is the Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine, first used on humans in 1921.
The Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccine is a vaccine primarily used against tuberculosis (TB). [9] It is named after its inventors Albert Calmette and Camille Guérin. [10] [11] In countries where tuberculosis or leprosy is common, one dose is recommended in healthy babies as soon after birth as possible. [9]
Director of the Japan Defense Agency: Gen Nakatani: R April 26, 2001 - September 30, 2002 Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Minister of State (Science and Technology Policy) Kōji Omi: R April 26, 2001 - September 30, 2002 Minister of State for Financial Services Hakuo Yanagisawa: R January 6, 2001 - September 30, 2002
Director-General of the Japan Defense Agency; In office 5 December 2000 – 26 April 2001: Prime Minister: Junichiro Koizumi: Preceded by: Kazuo Torashima: Succeeded by: Gen Nakatani: Member of the House of Representatives; In office 6 July 1986 – 21 July 2009: Constituency: Shizuoka 2nd (1986–1996) Shizuoka 5th (1996–2003) Tōkai PR ...