Kazuo Tokito

Strategist
Former Vice commander of Northern Air Defense Command, Japan Air Self-Defense Force / Major General (Ret.)

Major General Kazuo Tokito (Ret.) has had an extensive career as a 
communications and systems officer working on radar sites and sector 
operation centres within the Japan Self Defence Force (JASDF). He has 
led many cyber security projects as the chief of the C4 systems division 
(A6) of the Air Staff Office. In addition, he was in the past the 
commanding officer of the Patriot Missile Troops and Air Wing of JASDF.  He has also worked as a Director of C4 and Cyber (J6) at Joint Staff Office.

Significant engagements included the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake 
and the Tsunami disaster at Matsushima Air Base, where he led the 
restoration of the base and disaster relief operations. 

Upon retirement from the JASDF as vice commander of Northern Air 
Defence Command he was appointed as an advisor within the Defence 
Systems Division at Hitachi Ltd. 

Kazuo Tokito Graduated from National Defence Academy in electrical 
engineering in 1985. He graduated from the Air Self-Defence Force 
Officer Candidate School.  Later, he studied Computer Science in graduate school 1989 with a Doctor of Engineering. Major General Tokito was a visiting researcher at the JASDF Air Command and Staff College for 4 years.