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