Japan ambassador to Thailand ‘likely’ contracted coronavirus during visit to Bangkok club By Roland Shichijo on April 14, 2021 THAILAND (TR) – On April 3, Japan’s ambassador to Thailand, Kazuya Nashida, tested positive for the novel coronavirus. He then began undergoing treatment at a hospital. “Since the case was found,” Nishida, 60, later wrote in a letter to the chairman of the Centre of Economic Situation Administration, “the Embassy of Japan promptly contacted all those who were suspected to have had close contacts with me after 25th March.” There was actually a bit more to it: On that night, he visited a nightclub in Bangkok where the companions can get very intimate with the customers.