Japan eyes senior diplomat Shigeo Yamada as ambassador to U.S.

The government is considering naming Shigeo Yamada, senior deputy minister for foreign affairs, as Japan's new ambassador to the United States, government sources said Wednesday.The appointment of Yamada, 59, to replace Koji Tomita, 65, is expected to be approved at a Cabinet meeting soon, the sources said.The replacement would come after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government hosted a Group of Seven industrialized nations summit in Hiroshima in May, and ahead of next year's U.S. presidential election.Joining the Foreign Ministry in 1986, Yamada served as minister at the Japanese Embassy…READ FULL ARTICLE