Ambassador to the Netherlands Kazuhiko Togo and Ambassador to Kazakstan Toshimitsu Mori left the Foreign Ministry on Friday for their respective roles in inciting policy division within the Russian Affairs Bureau.
The ministry meanwhile named Takaaki Kojima, minister to the United States, as director general of the Intelligence and Analysis Bureau. The appointment, approved by the Cabinet Friday morning, takes effect immediately.
Kojima, 55, held posts at embassies in Britain and China and served as consul general in Sao Paulo before taking the position as minister at the Japanese Embassy in the U.S. in August.