Yamataian Ministry of Defence

The Ministry of Defence (防衛省, Bōei-shō) is a cabinet-level ministry of the Government of Yamatai entrusted with overseeing the national defence needs of Yamatai, in order to preserve the peace and independence of Yamatai and maintaining national security with the Yamataian Armed Forces.

Headed by the Minister of Defence, it is the largest organ of the Yamataian government. The ministry is headquartered in Ishibashi, Heian.

The Ministry of Defense is required by Article 66 of the Constitution to be completely subordinate to civilian authority. Its head is the Yamataian Minister of Defence. He is assisted by two vice ministers, one parliamentary and one administrative; and the internal bureaus. The highest figure in the command structure is the Prime Minister, who is responsible directly to the Teikoku Gikai. In a national emergency, the Prime Minister is authorized to order the various components of the Yamataian Armed Forces into action, subject to the consent of the Gikai. In times of extreme emergency, that approval might be obtained after the fact.

History
Prior to the formation of the Ministry of Defence and during the period of military rule of Yamatai under the Yamataian Imperial High Council, all matters to do with national security were carried out jointly by the Ministry of the Army and the Ministry of the Navy, which represented the interests of the Army and Navy within the Imperial High Council. In reality, the two ministries existed largely to fight for operational budgets from the Imperial High Council, and were largely under the control of their respective military services, instead of vice versa as outlined in the old Yamataian constitution. This meant that the military of Yamatai effectively operated outside of government control, and the continuous inter-service rivalry between the services often led to numerous deadlocks in the government and seizures of the budget by the military branches.

These deadlocks and the uncontrollability of the Army and Navy created numerous problems in post-Endwar Yamatai, resulting in major factional conflicts and power struggles within the High Council and obstructing proper national reconstruction and the reintegration of Yamatai in the regional economic and social structure. Only after 1949, when Okabe Nariakira seized power over the government, were major reforms carried out in the interest of creating national stability and getting reconstruction on track. One of the first actions under the new "Okabeist" regime was the consolidation of the Imperial Army and Navy under a single Imperial Armed Forces, in order to finally end the increasingly severe infighting between both services. Following this, the Ministries of the Army and Navy were eradicated, to be replaced with a single, non-aligned Ministry of Defence.

As part of Okabe's handing of power back to the Yamataian civilians, this Ministry of Defence would be the first civilian-led government agency in the new government. Matsuda Ken became the first civilian minister in the Imperial High Council since the body's inception in 1839, and his appointment in February 1951 marked the beginning of the Yamataian Ministry of Defence, as well as the beginnings of a new era of civilian leadership in Yamatai.

In 1975, the Defence Research and Development Department was formed to oversee project management, technology management, research and development, and procurement of defence equipment for the Ministry of Defence and the Yamataian Armed Forces. In 2000, the Defence Research and Development Department was consolidated with the Defence Procurement Bureau, which existed to purchase foreign hardware for the Armed Forces, to form the Defence Technologies Development & Logistics Agency.

In the beginning, the Ministry of Defence was headquartered in the old Imperial High Council building in western Heian, though a new building was built in 1985. In 2003, the Ministry of Defence moved to its new location in Ishibashi.

Ministerial team
The Ministers in the Yamataian Ministry of Defence are as follows:

Organization
The Ministry of Defense includes a number of organizations:
 * Internal Departments
 * Minister's Secretariat
 * Department of Defence policy
 * Department of Personnel and Education
 * Department of Defence Buildup and Planning
 * Department of Local Cooperation
 * Office of Mainland Affairs
 * Councils, etc.
 * Armed Forces Personnel Ethics Review Board
 * Central Council on Defence Facilities
 * Defence Personnel Review Board
 * Recognition of Prisoner of War Status Review Board
 * Evaluation Committee for Incorporated Administrative Agencies
 * Extraterritorial Activities Review Board
 * Facilities, etc.
 * Kuromorimine National Defence Academy
 * Heian National Defence Academy
 * National Defence Medical College
 * National Institute for Defence Studies
 * Extraordinary Organs
 * General Department of National Defence
 * Joint Staff
 * Joint Staff College
 * Imperial Army Staff Office
 * Imperial Navy Staff Office
 * Air Defence Force Staff Office
 * Yamataian Armed Forces
 * Yamatai Imperial Army
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 * Yamatai Air Defence Force
 * Yamatai Mainland Defence Force
 * Defence Intelligence Headquarters
 * Inspector General of Legal Compliance
 * Foreign Military Supply Tribunal
 * Common Institutions
 * Armed Forces Central Hospital
 * Armed Forces District Hospitals
 * Armed Forces Physical Training School
 * Armed Forces Provincial Cooperation Offices
 * Common Units
 * Armed Forces C4I Systems Command
 * Armed Forces Intelligence Security Command
 * Local Branch Departments
 * Hinomoto Defence Department
 * Akitsukuni Defence Department
 * Hōshima Defence Department
 * Harukuni Defence Department
 * Ōshima Defence Department
 * Hasukuni Defence Department
 * Southern Islands Defence Department
 * Mainland (North) Defence Department
 * Mainland (South) Defence Department
 * External Agencies
 * Yamataian Information Defence Force
 * Defence Technologies Development & Logistics Agency