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Japan taps new envoys for Afghanistan, Ethiopia, 4 other countries

Xinhua, September 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

The government of Japan on Friday said it had appointed six new ambassadors to assume positions next week in Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Benin, Zambia, Palau and Iceland.

Mitsuji Suzuka, counselor of the Embassy of Japan in Afghanistan will become Japan's new envoy there, and former resident representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Kiyofumi Konishi will become Japan's ambassador to Benin.

Toshiyuki Yamada, having retired from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications here, will be assigned to Palau, while Shinichi Saida, minister at the Japanese embassy in Germany, will assume the top envoy's post in Ethiopia.

Hidenobu Sobashima, previously serving at the foreign minister's secretariat, has been appointed as ambassador to Zambia, while Yasuhiko Kitagawa, who worked as a senior vice president at Mitsubishi Corporation until March this year, will serve as Japan's ambassador to Iceland. Endit