Japanese Ambassador Tomita to Korea Appears to Move to US Ambassador

Entry 2020.12.07 21:31 | Revision 2020.12.08 00:23

Japanese Ambassador Koji Tomita, known as the “American Tong” to Japan, is said to move as Ambassador to the United States in line with the inauguration of the Jo Biden regime. On behalf of Ambassador Tomita, the Israeli Ambassador to Aiboshi Koichi is said to be influential.

The Kyodo news agency reported on the 7th that the Japanese government is considering resigning Ambassador Shinsuke Sugiyama and appointing Ambassador Tomita to the Republic of Korea as his successor.

Ambassador Tomita served as Director of the United States Corporation and the North American Ministry of Foreign Affairs during the Barack Obama regime. It is an analysis that Suga’s Japanese government hopes that his career will be a link that can use the personal connections of Biden-elect, who will take office in January next year.

Ambassador Tomita from Hyogo Prefecture passed the Foreign Affairs Officer Exam in October 1980 while attending the University of Tokyo School of Law.

After serving in Korea and the United States as a counselor to the North American Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2009, he has served as the United States Corporation, the Director of the North American Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ambassador of Israel in Israel.

Prior to his appointment as ambassador to Korea, he served as special ambassador and plenipotentiary in charge of the tasks of the main summit of the 20 countries (G20) held in Osaka last June.

In Japan, the ambassador to Korea is hearing criticism within Japan that it has devoted efforts to improve the relationship between Korea and Japan, which has worsened due to demands from victims of compulsory military service.

Ambassador Aiboshi is from Kagoshima Prefecture and graduated from the University of Tokyo College of Liberal Arts in 1983. have. After serving as consular director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2017, he has been ambassador to Israel since July 2018.