Tag - kenji-kanasugi

 
 

KENJI KANASUGI

The new Japanese ambassador to China, Kenji Kanasugi, speaks during a news conference in Beijing on Tuesday after arriving at the Chinese capital earlier in the day.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 20, 2023
Japan's new China envoy vows 'tenacious' effort on Fukushima row
The 64-year-old envoy also pledged to strive for an early release of five Japanese nationals currently detained in China for alleged spying activities.
Japan on Tuesday named Shigeo Yamada (left) its new ambassador to the United States and tapped and former Foreign Ministry top bureaucrat Kenji Kanasugi to be its envoy to China.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 24, 2023
Japan taps new U.S. and China envoys as Tokyo looks to balance ties
The appointments of new envoys to the U.S. and China come amid growing rivalry between Washington and Beijing.
Kenji Kanasugi
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2023
Japan to name ex-Asian affairs chief Kenji Kanasugi as China envoy
The official will be Japan's first ambassador to China in seven years to not take Chinese language training at the Foreign Ministry's "China School."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 3, 2019
Japan names new top diplomat for Asian affairs
Japan named its new top diplomat for Asian affairs on Tuesday, at a time when it is embroiled in a bitter feud with South Korea over wartime history and trade and as North Korea provokes its neighbors with a series of missile tests.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 21, 2019
Senior Japanese and U.S. diplomats to discuss North Korea during meeting in Sweden
Senior Japanese and U.S. diplomats will discuss North Korea when they meet in Sweden early this week, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday, as Washington and Pyongyang prepare for a second summit next month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 24, 2018
Tokyo and Seoul clash over South Korean warship's alleged direction of fire-control radar at MSDF plane
A Tokyo envoy told Seoul that the incident was regrettable and urged preventive steps in the latest diplomatic spat between the two neighbors.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 28, 2017
U.S. tells Japan, South Korea it may return North Korea to list of state sponsors of terrorism
Washington informed Tokyo and Seoul on Monday it has started a review of whether to put North Korea back on a list of state sponsors of terrorism, Yonhap news agency said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 11, 2016
After its fifth nuclear test, Japan, U.S. seek 'strongest possible' measures against North Korea
Two senior envoys from Japan and the U.S. agree to seek the 'strongest possible measures' against North Korea following its fifth nuclear test.

Longform

High-end tourism is becoming more about the kinds of experiences that Japan's lesser-known places can provide.
Can Japan lure the jet-set class off the beaten path?