Hiroshi Tomita will be Japan’s ambassador to the United States and has cooperated with the Obama administration.

Kyodo News Agency reported on December 25 that the Japanese government appointed Hiroshi Tomita, the ambassador to South Korea, as the new ambassador to the United States on Friday.

Hiroshi Tomita will replace Shinsuke Sugiyama, who took office in January 2018. It is reported that Hiroji Tomita, 63 years old, is in contact with people around Biden.

Hiroshi Tomita was a Japanese minister to the United States and also served in charge of the North American Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, working with the Obama administration, which was then Vice President of Biden.