Kuni - Kunihiko Makita

Fire up the way-back machine ~~~~~ Our family hosted an AFS exchange student from Japan when I was a junior in high school. Kuni was a friend and "brother" to us.

He went on to a career in the foreign service of Japan, and we followed him from a distance. I never knew how significant and important his roles were. I knew he was a "China Watcher " among other things. The first official post name I heard for him was "Director-General of Asian and Oceanic Affairs". He was ambassador to Singapore for two years, then in July 2004 became ambassador to Egypt. THE Japanese ambassador to Egypt. Here is the website of his embassy in Cairo.
Here are few pictures I googled of Kuni from the last four years.





1962?