Ambassador Kazutoshi Aikawa, is the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, a post he assumed in October 2017.  He is also the current Permanent Observer of Organization of American States (OAS).  Prior to his present position, he served as Director General of Disarmament, Non Proliferation and Science, Ambassador at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. In 2014, Ambassador Aikawa was Councilor at Japan’s Cabinet Secretariat after serving as the Deputy Director General (ASEAN/APEC SOM, G7 Sous Sherpa) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.  His diplomatic experience include, serving in various outposts such as Japan’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York and the Embassy of Japan in Tehran. Ambassador Aikawa joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1983 and holds BL from the University of Tokyo and LLM from Colombia Law School.