H. E. Mr. Koichi AIBOSHI
Japanese Ambassador to ASEAN
Born in Kagoshima City, 1959
Married with 2 children
Graduated from Tokyo University, Japan (Liberal Arts, International Relations), 1983
Career:
1983 Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1991 Deputy Director, First Southeast Asia Division, Asian Affairs Bureau
1994 Deputy Director, First International Economic Affairs Division
Economic Affairs Bureau
1995 First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in France
1999 First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in R.O.K. (Counsellor in 2000)
2001 Director, Humanitarian Assistance Division, Foreign Policy Bureau
2002 Director, Second Middle East Division, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau
2004 Director, Loan Aid Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau
2006 Minister (Political Affairs), Embassy of Japan in R.O.K
2008 Minister (D.C.M.), Embassy of Japan in Vietnam
2011 Deputy Assistant Vice - Minister (Parliamentary Affairs)
2012 Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation, Global Issues and African Affairs
2013 Deputy Director-General for International Cooperation,
Global Issues and African Affairs and Middle Eastern Affairs
2014 Ambassador of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
Mission of Japan to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations