Sato named ambassador to U.N.

Sato named ambassador to U.N.

Yukio Sato, former ambassador to Australia, was appointed Japan's ambassador to the United Nations on Friday Sept. 4. Sato, 58, who has also served as director general of the ministry's North American Affairs Bureau and ambassador to the Netherlands, replaces Hisashi Owada, who has been U.N. envoy since March 1994.

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