Japan taps Akashi as envoy to Sri Lanka peace talks

Japan taps Akashi as envoy to Sri Lanka peace talks

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Yasushi Akashi, former U.N. undersecretary general for public information, disarmament affairs and humanitarian affairs, whom Japan has decided to appoint as its representative to Sri Lanka peace talks. Akashi, 71, also served as U.N. representative in Cambodia and special envoy to former Yugoslavia.

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