Former Japanese diplomat Yukio Okamoto dies from virus

Former Japanese diplomat Yukio Okamoto, a one-time advisor to prime ministers and expert on ties with the US, died late last month after contracting the virus, his consultancy confirmed, SIA reports.

After retiring from the foreign ministry in 1991, Okamoto, 74, served as an adviser to then-prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto on thorny issues related to Okinawa, home to the bulk of US troops in Japan.

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