Yoko Kamikawa, who became Japan's first female foreign minister in around two decades in early September, marked her diplomatic debut at the United Nations, but hopes for an improvement in ties with China were dampened during her trip to New York.Kamikawa, a 70-year-old veteran lawmaker, succeeded Yoshimasa Hayashi in a Cabinet reshuffle as Tokyo's relations with Beijing have frayed over Japan's discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the sea starting Aug. 24.Many analysts described Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's decision to replace Haya…READ FULL ARTICLE
