is a Japanese
diplomat
A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...
.
He joined the
Japanese ministry of Foreign Affairs
The is an executive department of the Government of Japan, and is responsible for the country's foreign policy and international relations.
The ministry was established by the second term of the third article of the National Government Organi ...
during the late 1960s. On January 30, 2002 he was dismissed from his position as Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs following disagreement with
Foreign Minister
A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a cabinet minister in charge of a state's foreign policy and relations. The formal title of the top official varies between cou ...
Makiko Tanaka
is a Japanese politician. She is the daughter of former Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka and his official wife Hana.
Early life
Tanaka attended high school at Germantown Friends School in the United States and graduated from Waseda University. She s ...
over the participation of two
NGO
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s in the conference regarding the reconstruction of
Afghanistan
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, then held in Tokyo.
From 2002 to 2004, he served as Minister at the Japanese Embassy in the
United Kingdom
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, and from 2004 to 2008 as Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom. In March 2019, Nogami, spoke at the Tokyo forum on the question of whether Japan is sufficiently invested in South-east Asia. He said Japan's foreign direct investment in the region is already overtaking what it spends in China.
See also
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26th G8 summit
The 26th G8 summit was held in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, on July 21–23, 2000.
Overview
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: served as a
sherpa (emissary) A sherpa is the personal representative of a head of state or head of government who prepares an international summit, such as the annual G7 and G20 summits. Between the G7 summits there are multiple sherpa conferences where possible agreements are ...
.
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Crayon Shin-chan: Fierceness That Invites Storm! The Singing Buttocks Bomb
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Chatham House
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References
External links
"Nogami named ambassador to Britain" ''Japan Times'', August 28, 2004
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1942 births
Living people
Ambassadors of Japan to the United Kingdom
Honorary Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
University of Tokyo alumni
Consuls General of Japan in Hong Kong