Uichiro Niwa
May 09, 2013
With Japan's relations with China and South Korea highly strained by their respective territorial disputes and history issues, experts and researchers from the private sectors...
January 29, 2013
Japan's former envoy to China says his country erred in choosing to buy islands claimed by both Japan and China last fall, infuriating Beijing, and now both sides have no...
December 28, 2012
In late November, Uichiro Niwa stepped down as Japan's ambassador to China, just weeks before the Democratic Party of Japan was voted out of government in the Dec. 16 Lower...
December 21, 2012
In late November, Uichiro Niwa stepped down as Japan's ambassador to China, just weeks before the Democratic Party of Japan was voted out of government in the Dec. 16 Lower...
December 07, 2012
Masato Kitera, a former assistant chief Cabinet secretary, becomes Japan's ambassador to China at a particularly difficult time, with the two nations deeply mired in...
November 27, 2012
BEIJING--Lamenting the turmoil in bilateral relations that marked his 28 months in the post, Japan's outgoing ambassador to China, Uichiro Niwa, offered the following advice...
October 21, 2012
The Japanese ambassador to China sounded a strong warning on strained bilateral ties following the recent flare-up of a territorial dispute, declaring the situation so dire...
October 06, 2012
After being snubbed by its first choices for new ambassador to China, Japan's Cabinet decided on a career diplomat with little experience in dealing with Beijing or the...
September 16, 2012
Japan's ambassador-designate to China, Shinichi Nishimiya, died on Sept. 16 in a Tokyo hospital, the Foreign Ministry said, three days after he was found unconscious on a Tokyo ...
September 05, 2012
BEIJING--Two Chinese men accused of attacking the Japanese ambassador's limousine have been given a lighter administrative punishment, rather than criminal adjudication, and...
September 03, 2012
BEIJING--The flag-snatching incident involving the Japanese ambassador's limousine was a spontaneous act triggered by the mere sight of a symbol of Japan, Chinese authorities...
September 01, 2012
BEIJING--Beijing police are questioning three men and one woman in connection with an attack which saw a national flag snatched from the Japanese ambassador's limousine,...
August 31, 2012
BEIJING--An activist who ripped a flag from the limousine of Japan’s ambassador could be fined or briefly detained but likely will not be indicted for his actions, Chinese...
August 31, 2012
BEIJING--Suspects involved in an attack on the Japanese ambassador’s limousine that saw the national Hinomaru flag ripped from the hood included at least one woman, the...
August 29, 2012
BEIJING--A man thought to have ripped a Japanese national flag from the car of Japan's ambassador after forcing it to stop is now being questioned by Beijing authorities, as...
August 28, 2012
Japan's prime minister sent a senior diplomat to Beijing on Aug. 28 with a letter for Chinese President Hu Jintao in an apparent attempt to ease tensions between the two Asian...
August 28, 2012
BEIJING--A man ripped a Japanese flag from a car carrying Japan's ambassador in Beijing on Aug. 27, triggering a protest from Tokyo in the latest flare-up of a territorial row...
August 22, 2012
As part of a personnel reshuffle of top Foreign Ministry bureaucrats planned for autumn, Uichiro Niwa will be replaced by Shinichi Nishiyama, a deputy foreign minister, as...
August 20, 2012
Japan plans to replace Uichiro Niwa, the ambassador to China who was criticized for his comments about the Senkaku Islands, ending the tenure of the nation’s first envoy to...
July 15, 2012
BEIJING -- Japan's ambassador to Beijing is returning to Tokyo for talks amid new tensions with China over disputed islands in the East China Sea.