The government has appointed Sakutaro Tanino as ambassador to China, effective April 1, Foreign Ministry officials said March 31.
Tanino, 61, entered the ministry in 1959. He has served as director general of the Asian Affairs Bureau and minister at embassies in the United States and South Korea. He has been ambassador to India since September 1995.
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