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Japan willing to mediate on illicit trade in small arms

NEW YORK, United States - Seiichiro Noboru, the Japanese ambassador on disarmament issues, sits for a U.N. conference on illicit trade of small arm July 10. He said Japan is willing to take on a mediating role and help shape a global consensus on how to reduce the huge arsenal of small arms in the world.

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Noboru named Japan's ambassador to OECD

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament Seiichiro Noboru (file photo) was named top envoy to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on March 15.

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Noboru appointed disarmament ambassador

TOKYO, Japan - Senior diplomat Seiichiro Noboru, who was appointed ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament on Jan. 28, is shown in this file photo. Noboru, 58, who headed the Cabinet Councillors' Office on External Affairs until Jan. 17, will assume the new post Jan. 31. Noboru joined the Foreign Ministry in 1965, after graduating from the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Law. He led the ministry's Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau before beginning his work as chief of the cabinet office in January 1998.