防衛庁が防衛省に格上げされたのはなぜですか？

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English Translation

Why was the Japan Defense Agency upgraded to the Japanese Ministry of Defense?

Furigana

防衛庁(ぼうえいちょう)が防衛省(ぼうえいしょう)に格上(かくあ)げされたのはなぜですか？

Romanji

Bōeichō ga bōeishō ni kakuagesareta no wa naze desu ka?

Words

防衛庁 (ぼうえいちょう)

Japan Defense Agency (Defence) (became Japanese Ministry of Defense in Jan. 2007)

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

防衛省 (ぼうえいしょう)

Ministry of Defense (formerly Japan Defense Agency)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

格上げ (かくあげ)

status elevation

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

です (です)

be; is

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way