“JAPAN –
MALAYSIA RELATIONS FOCUSING ON
THE
30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LOOK EAST POLICY”
SOME
REFLECTIONS OF A FORMER AMBASSADOR OF JAPAN
by
DATUK
ISSEI NOMURA
Date
: February 10, 2012 (Friday)
Time :
9:30am
Venue : Auditorium AEI,
University of Malaya |
PROGRAMME
9.30am
Arrival of guests
10:15am Welcoming remarks by
the Moderator
10:30am Lecture by Ambassador
(R) Datuk Issei Nomura on “Japan-Malaysia Relations, Focusing on the
Look East Policy”
11:00am Q&A
session
11:30am Lunch*Full text of a speech by Datuk Issei Nomura

DATUK ISSEI NOMURA
AMBASSADOR (R) OF JAPAN |
Datuk Issei Nomura
was born in Hiroshima in 1940. He studied Law at
the University of Tokyo and upon graduation in 1963, he joined the
Gaimusho. For 27 years up to 1990 in MFA, he had served at
the
Japanese Embassy in UK, Soviet Union, Denmark and USA.
In 1991, he was given a special assignment as Director, Office of the
Draft Legislation on Peace-Keeping Operations in the Prime Minister’s
Office. Then he was promoted to Director-General, European
and Oceania
Affairs Bureau, MFA and in 1995 he was appointed Ambassador to
Malaysia. Subsequently, he was appointed Ambassador in Charge
of
Okinawan Affairs, Ambassador to Fed. Rep. of Germany and then to the
Russian Federation.
From 2006 to 2010, he was the Grand Master of the Household of the
Crown Prince of Japan and then Special Advisor to the Imperial
Household.
In 2006, he was honored by the Government of Malaysia and awarded the
PJN (Panglima Jasa Negara) – hence his Datukship. |
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