interview www.bahrainthismonth.com 20 March 2023 A SEASONED DIPLOMAT In the year 2022, Japan and the Kingdom of Bahrain marked the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. This month, we spoke to the Ambassador of Japan to the Kingdom of Bahrain, HE Masayuki Miyamoto, who joined the Japanese Foreign Ministry in 1981. Given his outstanding political career rooted in the region, HE is determined to further promote friendly relations between Japan and Bahrain. Having opted for Arabic as his specialty when joining the Japanese Foreign Ministry, HE Miyamoto was sent to Syria where he studied the language for three years as a diplomatic trainee. “Following that, I served in several Arab countries, from Iraq eastward to Mauritania westward,” he explains. “I visited Bahrain for the first time in 1994, as a member of the delegation of HM the Emperor and Empress during their visit. I’m very happy to now be Ambassador to this beautiful Kingdom and I am determined to promote friendly relations between Bahrain and Japan.”
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