New Foreign Press Center Japan President Appointed
post date : 2020.10.14
October 14, 2020
New Foreign Press Center Japan President Appointed
Today, October 14, at the 108th Board of Directors meeting of Foreign Press Center Japan (Chiyoda, Tokyo), Kazuo KODAMA (67) was appointed as the 7th President of the FPCJ. At the same meeting, it was decided the new president will assume office on November 1.
Current FPCJ President Kiyotaka AKASAKA (72) will leave his position at the end of October. He served as FPCJ president for over eight years since his appointment in August 2012.
President Kodama joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1976, where he served as Press Secretary, Director-General of the Foreign Service Training Institute, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (and Deputy Permanent Representative) of Japan to the United Nations, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the European Union. He retired from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in September this year, and was appointed as a Director of the FPCJ on October 5.
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