Anthropologist Tamotsu Aoki named as cultural agency head

Anthropologist Tamotsu Aoki named as cultural agency head

TOKYO, Japan - Anthropologist Tamotsu Aoki, who was appointed as head of the Agency for Cultural Affairs on March 27. (File photo). Aoki, 68, visiting professor at Waseda University's Organization for Asian Studies, will replace Shinji Kondo, a senior bureaucrat of the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry.

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