Kunihiko Saitō ( ja, 斎藤邦彦; 2 February 1935 – 4 July 2022) was a Japanese politician who served as ambassador to the United States. He was ambassador to the United States from 1995 until 1999. He served as head of the

Japan International Cooperation Agency The is a governmental agency that delivers the bulk of Official Development Assistance (ODA) for the government of Japan. It is chartered with assisting economic and social growth in developing countries, and the promotion of international co ...

until August 2001, when he was succeeded by Takao Kawakami. He was removed from his position due to a scandal involving ministry bureaucrats, alongside Vice Minister Yutaka Kawashima, Ambassador

Shunji Yanai Shunji Yanai ( ja, 柳井俊二) (born 15 January, 1937 in Tokio) is a Japanese politician who served as ambassador to the United States from 1999 until 2001. Yanai entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1961, and studied at the University o ...

, and Ambassador Sadayuki Hayashi.

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