New Japanese ambassador arrives

New Japanese ambassador arrives

JAKARTA: New Japanese ambassador to Indonesia Yutaka Limura has
arrived here and is scheduled to deliver his credentials to
President Megawati Soekarnoputri soon.

However, there is not yet a set schedule for Limura to meet
the President, and the presidential office said it would be after
the celebration of the Indonesia's Independence Day on Aug. 17.

Limura was assigned to replace ambassador Yukio Takeuchi, who
was appointed as Japan's new deputy foreign affairs minister
earlier this year.

The new ambassador is a senior diplomat who has been with the
Japanese foreign affairs ministry since 1969.

Before being appointed as an ambassador to Indonesia, he was
assistant vice minister of administrative affairs at the foreign
ministry since August 2001.--JP