Russian envoy to Japan appointed to fill role left vacant for 1 year

Nikolay Nozdrev, a director in charge of Japan and other Asian countries at Russia's foreign ministry, is slated to become the next Russian ambassador to Japan, filling a post left vacant for a year amid sour bilateral relations, diplomatic sources said Friday.The 52-year-old may take up the position, subject to approval by the Japanese government, by the end of the year to succeed former Ambassador to Japan Mikhail Galuzin, who left the post in November last year.Last month, Japan named Akira Muto, former head of the Foreign Service Training Institute, its new ambassador to Russia. He is e…READ FULL ARTICLE