With a woman in charge of foreign policy for the first time in almost two decades, the appointment of Yoko Kamikawa as foreign minister might have changed the face of Â鶹´«Ã½ diplomacy, but any significant shift in the country¡¯s outward-looking posture is highly unlikely.
Protecting Â鶹´«Ã½ national interests, increasing its leverage in global affairs and listening to the voices of citizens ¡ª these will be the three key pillars at the foundation of Â鶹´«Ã½ diplomatic policy, Kamikawa said Thursday in her first news conference after assuming office in a Cabinet reshuffle the previous day.
The foreign minister, a Harvard-educated veteran with experience working for a U.S. senator, reiterated the importance of the bilateral alliance with the United States and the necessity of exerting Â鶹´«Ã½ leadership on the international stage.
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