Government Junichi Ihara appointed as French ambassador Nov. 8 at 10:41
At the Cabinet meeting on the 8th, the government decided to appoint Mr. Junichi Ihara, the ambassador of the Japanese government representative of the Geneva International Organization, as the new French ambassador.
Junichi Ihara, 63, is the new French ambassador.
He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1979 and served as the Director of the North American Bureau, the Director of the Asia-Pacific Region, and the Ambassador of the Japanese Government in Geneva.
Also,
▽ Ambassador Rwanda is Masahiro Imai, Director of ITOCHU Corporation.
▽ Papua New Guinea Ambassador is Mr. Kuniyuki Nakahara, Consul General of China.
▽ Mr. Akira Mizutani served as Ambassador of Mozambique to Ambassador of Austria and Kosovo.
▽ To the Ambassador of Malawi, Mr. Toshi Iwakiri, Special Assistant to the President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
▽ Mr. Hiroyuki Kobayashi, US Consul General of Nashville, is the Ambassador of Mongolia.
▽ Mr. Kazuyuki Yamasaki, who served as a foreign councilor, is the Ambassador of the Japanese Government to the Geneva International Organization.
▽ For Thai Ambassador, Kazuya Nida who served as Director of International Cooperation Bureau.
▽ Mr. Takeshi Otsuki who served as a foreign spokesman for the UN Ambassador.
▽ Ambassador Guatemala is Satoshi Yamamoto, who served as Consul General of Rio de Janeiro.
▽ Shigeru Ushio, who served as the head of Africa, is appointed as the Portuguese ambassador.
Mr. Ihara will be announced on the 8th and other ambassadors will be issued on the 11th.