Kanasugi has served as director-general of the ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, which is crucial for Japan ’ s diplomacy across Asia, including in China.

18 knife attack near a Japanese school in the southern city, Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi told reporters. Zhong Changchun, 45, from Jiangxi Province, attacked the boy -- the son of a ...

Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi told reporters that day. Zhong, from Jiangxi Province, attacked the boy -- the son of a Japanese father and a Chinese mother -- after buying a knife to ...