THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 8, 2020 at 18:04 JST
Yukio Okamoto, former diplomat who became the nation’s first special advisor to the prime minister in 1996 (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Yukio Okamoto, a former diplomat who played a key role in bridging the government and Okinawa Prefecture with regard to the U.S. bases issue, died from the new coronavirus late last month, official sources said. He was 74. [Read More]
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