Foreign Ministry to enhance info control

The Foreign Ministry will carry out an organizational overhaul next Wednesday to strengthen its ability to distribute information about the country abroad, Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba said Friday.

The ministry will integrate the department that handles news and information supplied to the media with another in charge of activities to disseminate information about Japanese culture to other countries and regions, Gemba said at a press conference.

Separately, the ministry will set up the Second China and Mongolia Division under the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau. The division will mainly take charge of economic issues related to China, the economy of which is rapidly growing.

In addition, the existing office for African issues under the Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau will be upgraded to a department as Japan is aiming to strengthen its relations with African countries.

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