Tanaka agrees to Koizumi's plan to sack envoy

Tanaka agrees to Koizumi's plan to sack envoy

TOKYO, Japan - File photos show (upper row from L to R) Vice Foreign Minister Yutaka Kawashima and Ambassador to the United States Shunji Yanai, (lower row from L to R) Japan International Cooperation Agency head Kunihiko Saito and Ambassador to Britain Sadayuki Hayashi whom Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has decided to replace after a feud with Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, a government source said August 2.

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