Tsukasa Hirota has assumed duties as Japan’s consul general in Seattle, beginning his first diplomatic assignment in the Pacific Northwest, according to the Japanese Consulate General in Seattle’s Facebook page.
Japanese Consul General, wife depart Seattle after nearly three years
Consul General of Japan in Seattle Makoto Iyori and his wife, Yuko, left Seattle last Friday, Aug. 28 after two years and 10 months of service covering Washington, Montana and northern Idaho.