is a Japanese Ambassador to Germany, previously to South Korea (2002–2005) and Singapore (2001). In February 2005 he sparked a controversy in South Korea when he stated that the Liancourt Rocks in the Sea of Japan, currently under South Korean administration, "historically and legally" belong to Japan."S Korea calls for Japan apology", BBC NEWS, 1 March 2005.

See also List of Ambassadors from Japan to South Korea

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