The wife continued with her complaints, telling the clerk that the strings of her tennis racket were not right, for example, or that the rustling of tree branches near her bedroom disturbed her. The clerk often accompanied the ambassador's wife around the city on her shopping sprees, and accepted the bills that the wife handed to him. You are a servant. The clerk also claimed that embassy officials tended not to give much attention to Japanese travelers reporting stolen money or passports. Even if a Japanese was involved in an incident, there were no emergency reports made to the ambassador.
Many noncareer diplomats dislike working overseas.
It was rumored in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that Matsuo spent many years working in Tokyo because he managed to get on the good side of career diplomats. Yoshiyuki Kuge, an Osaka doctor, worked for nine years as a medical officer with the ministry until 1997. During that time, he worked at three different embassies. He recently published a book about his experiences. All rights reserved.