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Axed bureaucrat back as envoy to U.K.

Yoshiji Nogami

Yoshiji Nogami, who was sacked as vice foreign minister in 2002 at the end of a dispute with then-Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, has been appointed the new ambassador to Britain, the government said Sept. 10.

The 62-year-old Nogami was fired as the ministry's top bureaucrat by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi in February 2002 following a dispute with Tanaka, who was simultaneously sacked by the prime minister.

Some lawmakers of the governing and opposition parties criticized Nogami's "revival," saying it was inappropriate for Koizumi to reappoint him to a high-profile post without a clear explanation.

Koizumi defended his decision, telling reporters, "I appointed an appropriate person to the appropriate post."

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