Jan 28 11:44 PM US/EasternWASHINGTON, Jan. 28 (AP) - (Kyodo) — The State Department is considering Kevin Maher, consul general in Naha in Japan's Okinawa Prefecture, as new director of its Office of Japanese Affairs, diplomatic sources said Wednesday.
Maher, who has been in his current position since July 2006, had previously been director for political military affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo and in charge of the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan, including the planned relocation of the U.S. Marine Corps Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa.The top post at the Office of Japanese Affairs has been vacated by veteran Japan hand Daniel Russel, who has recently taken a post in charge of Japanese and Asia-Pacific affairs on the White House National Security Council.
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