Friday, October 10, 2003

-Talk by the Japanese Ambassador Fired by Japanese Government

Several Appearances have been scheduled, the most recent being
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in Takadanobaba in Tokyo.

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Naoto Amaki used to be Ambassador to Lebanon, now he’s battling the Foreign Ministry. Amaki claims he was expelled from MOFA last August because of his criticism of Prime Minister Koizumi’s support for the war in Iraq. A skeptic of MOFA’s traditional U.S.-first policy, Amaki views Koizumi as a poodle following his master.

Before and during the war, Ambassador Amaki twice offered his opinion in writing to Foreign Minister Kawaguchi, attaching a note that it be forwarded to PM Koizumi and Chief Cabinet Secretary Fukuda. He also distributed his statement to all Japanese embassies abroad. His opinion was shelved, he was removed from his position and coerced to resign.  Amaki took this as an outright suppression of debate within MOFA and decided to disclose everything he has seen at MOFA in his upcoming book “Saraba Gaimusho” ("So Long MOFA") - a book of accusation and revenge. He criticizes Koizumi’s foreign policy stance as a grandstanding performance and condemns MOFA as a corrupt and demoralized bureaucracy.

Mr. Amaki has served the ministry for 34 years since he passed the diplomat examination during his Kyoto University days. He has served at Embassies in Malaysia, Australia and Canada, and as Consul General at Detroit, USA, before being appointed Ambassador to Lebanon.