Cablegate: Meti Rotations Yield No Surprises
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RR RUEHFK RUEHKSO RUEHNAG RUEHNH
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R 060824Z JUL 06
FM AMEMBASSY TOKYO
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SUBJECT: METI ROTATIONS YIELD NO SURPRISES
1. (SBU) METI,s annual rotations, announced on July 4 and
effective July 10, yielded no surprises. As expected,
current Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau Director
General (DG) Takao Kitabata will succeed Hideji Sugiyama as
Administrative Vice Minister. Trade Policy Bureau DG
Toshiaki Kitamura will take over for International Affairs
Vice Minister Kazumasa Kusaka. Sugiyama and Kusaka will both
retire as will Nobuyori Kodaira, DG of the Agency for Natural
Resources and Energy (ANRE). The rest of the change in line
up is as follows, with previous positions in brackets:
Minister's Secretariat:
Kazuo Matsunage (DG, Minister's Secretariat Policy
Coordination)
Economic & Industrial Policy Bureau
Takashi Suzuki (Dep. Vice Min., Minister's Secretariat)
Trade Policy Bureau
Masakazu Toyoda (DG, Commerce and Information Policy)
Industrial Science, Technology and Environment Bureau
Yasutoshi Kojima (Counsellor, Defense Agency)
Manufacturing Industries Bureau
Tetsuhiro Hosono (ANRE DG, Natural Energy and Resources
Policy)
Commerce and Information Policy Bureau
Masahiro Koezuka (DG, Industrial Science, Technology and
Environment)
Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau
no change
ANRE
Harufumi Mochizuki (DG, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency)
Small and Medium Enterprise Agency
Hiroyuki Ishige (DG, Manufacturing Industrial)
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