Bad Week for Ambassadors
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:42 am
The newly appointed Japanese ambassador to China has died after taking ill and collapsing in Tokyo late last week.
In a brief statement, the Japanese Foreign Ministry confirmed Shinichi Nishimiya, 60, died on Sunday after spending the weekend in hospital because of his "health condition." He collapsed just two days after being appointed to the job.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/17/world/asi ... ?hpt=hp_t2
The back-story to this is that, until recently, the Japanese ambassador to China was a guy named Niwa. Niwa was viewed as too soft on China and was replaced by this guy, who was supposed to take a harder line. And then he dies, suddenly and mysteriously on the street, two days after taking office.
In a brief statement, the Japanese Foreign Ministry confirmed Shinichi Nishimiya, 60, died on Sunday after spending the weekend in hospital because of his "health condition." He collapsed just two days after being appointed to the job.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/17/world/asi ... ?hpt=hp_t2
The back-story to this is that, until recently, the Japanese ambassador to China was a guy named Niwa. Niwa was viewed as too soft on China and was replaced by this guy, who was supposed to take a harder line. And then he dies, suddenly and mysteriously on the street, two days after taking office.
