New Japanese Ambassador to China Kenji Kanasugi vows that he will "tenaciously" negotiate with Beijing to solve a bilateral row over the release of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea.
The Japanese government names Shigeo Yamada and Kenji Kanasugi as its new ambassadors to the United States and China, respectively, both effective immediately.
A magnitude-6.3 earthquake followed by powerful aftershocks killed several people in western Afghanistan on Saturday, the country s national disaster authority said. The death toll resulting from the powerful earthquakes has now reached 2,060.