Director-General for Global Issues of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Japan
Ambassador Tsukada is Director-General for Global Issues for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. Previously Ambassador Tsukada was Deputy Assistant Minister for Economic Affairs and Latin American & Caribbean Affairs (2019) and Deputy Assistant Minister for Parliamentary Affairs (2018).
He was also Chief Negotiator for Climate Change for COP 23 (2017), while serving as board member of the Green Climate Fund and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (2017-2018).
He was also Chief Negotiator for Climate Change for COP 23 (2017), while serving as board member of the Green Climate Fund and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria (2017-2018).
Ambassador Tsukada joined the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1987. He worked in the areas of trade (TPP and bilateral FTAs), development cooperation (loan aid; policy planning; ODA budget) and energy & food security, among others. He was seconded to the Cabinet Secretariat in 2006-2008 as senior coordinator for overseas development cooperation and global health.
Ambassador Tsukada had several foreign postings in London (Economic & Energy) 1990-1992; Moscow (Political & Foreign Policy) 1999-2001; Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva (Political & Human Rights) 2001-2004; New Delhi (Economic & Development Cooperation) 2011-2014; and Washington D.C. (Culture, Media, Strategic Communication) 2014-2017.
Ambassador Tsukada graduated from Tokyo University (BA Law, 1987) and Oxford University (Merton College, BA/MA Modern History, 1990).
Last updated: 14 Aug 2020