New Japanese ambassadors appointed

New Japanese ambassadors appointed

TOKYO, Japan - Ambassadorial and other Foreign Ministry appointments approved by the cabinet on Feb. 15 are shown in these file photos. Pictured in the upper row (from left) are Motoi Okubo (ambassador to Greece), Sadaaki Numata (ambassador to Pakistan) and Hideaki Kobayashi (ambassador to the United Nations). Pictured in the bottom row (from left) are Toshinori Shigeie (envoy extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the United States) and Ryuichiro Yamazaki (Foreign Ministry spokesman).

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