Biographical Note
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS AKIO NOMURA DIRECTOR OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN TOKYO
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Akio Nomura as the Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Tokyo.� He will take up his duties on
17 March 2003.
Mr. Nomura is a national of Japan with a distinguished career in print journalism.� Since 1967 he has been associated with the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun, most recently as the Director of its Research Centre. �In this capacity, he was involved in the overall management of the Centre, led research in journalism, conducted public opinion polls and gave lectures in journalism for university students.� During his long career with Asahi Shimbun, he held a wide range of positions, both in Japan and in the United States.� From 1968 to 1978, he was first a reporter at the Sapporo bureau of Asahi and then a political reporter covering mainly domestic politics.� He took up a position as Washington correspondent in 1979, covering such issues as Japan-United States relations, United States foreign policy and the 1980 presidential elections.
In 1982, Mr. Nomura returned to Japan and worked as a political reporter, deputy political editor and foreign news editor until 1991 when he became Chief of Asahi Shimbun’s Washington bureau.� From 1994 to 1998, he was Deputy Chief of the newspaper’s editorial board and covered issues such as Japanese foreign policy, United States-Japan relations and United Nations affairs.
Mr. Nomura was educated in Tokyo and has a degree in international relations.
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