In a 22 September article, the Financial Times’ Gideon Rachman detailed a visit to the Embassy of Japan in London. There he met Ambassador of Japan to the UK Koji Tsuruoka, who had been appointed on 6 June.
The topics discussed included Brexit, the desire of Emperor Akihito to abdicate, the embassy’s artworks and Tsuruoka’s passion for golf.
Prior to taking up his current position, the ambassador was one of the negotiators in the Trans-Pacific Partnership talks.