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Institute for Corean-American Studies
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Masataka Okano
Counselor Political Affairs
Embassy of Japan
Masataka Okano has served
as counselor of the Embassy of Japan in the USA since August 2004. Masa follows
political affairs, particularly U.S. relations with Japan, East Asia, South East
Asia and South Asia. He entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan in 1987.
Immediately before his current assignment, Masa served as political counselor in
the Japanese Embassy in Beijing to follow political affairs including Japan-China
relations. He also served as principal deputy director in the Russian Division
to handle Japan-Russia relations and in the Legal Affairs division to deal with
diplomatic issues related to international law. Masa participated in the formulation
of the Rome treaty creating the International Criminal Court as rapporteur of the
Preparatory Committee of the United Nations. Other assignments include positions
in the OECD division and the Korea division. Masa received a B.A. in law from the
University of Tokyo and a degree at Ecole nationale d'Administration of France.
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This page last updated 3/3/2005 jdb
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