20 Facts About Toshio Tamogami

Toshio Tamogami is a retired Japan Air Self-Defense Force general and politician.

Toshio Tamogami served as the Chief of Staff of the Air Self-Defense Force from March 2007 until his dismissal in October 31,2008.

Toshio Tamogami turned to politics following his retirement from the military.

Toshio Tamogami was arrested in April 2016 for alleged violations of campaign finance laws in relation to his gubernatorial campaign.

Toshio Tamogami made a political comeback in 2024 by running for the Tokyo gubernatorial election, but placed fourth and performed worse compared to his 2014 run.

Toshio Tamogami has been described as a "champion of Japan's right wing".

Toshio Tamogami graduated from Fukushima Prefectural Asaka High School in 1967 and the National Defense Academy of Japan in 1971 with a major in electrical engineering.

Toshio Tamogami was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1986, colonel in 1990, and major general in 1996.

Toshio Tamogami was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed Head of the Joint Staff College on December 2,2002, and appointed to Commander in Chief of the Air Defense Command on August 30,2004.

Toshio Tamogami was promoted to general and appointed Chief of Staff of the Air Self-Defense Force on March 28,2007.

Toshio Tamogami claimed that other members of the Japanese government and military share his views.

Toshio Tamogami had already written a similar essay in May 2007 for an ASDF internal publication.

Toshio Tamogami retired from the JASDF on November 3,2008, having reached the mandatory retirement age for his lower rank.

Since retiring from the Air Self-Defense Force, General Toshio Tamogami has become involved with Japanese nationalist groups, heading Ganbare Nippon at its founding in February 2010.

Toshio Tamogami wrote a column for the magazine Asahi Geino, in which he opined on topics such as the Chinese and North Korean military threats and the benefits of corporal punishment.

Toshio Tamogami organized a rally to protest the Senkaku Islands incident where a Chinese fishing trawler collided with two Japanese Coast Guard patrol boats.

Toshio Tamogami announced his candidacy for governor of Tokyo in 2014 in the election to replace resigning governor Naoki Inose.

Toshio Tamogami is controversial for his historiography of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II.

Toshio Tamogami has been described as a "champion of Japan's right wing".

Toshio Tamogami is known for making jokes, particularly about his own diminutive stature.