Deletion of Miyoko Akashi

Comment: I do not agree that ambassadors have a presumption of notability. First, ambassadors have generally " been reduced to spokespeople for their foreign offices." In the Ambassadors of the United States|United States, ambassadors may be career foreign service officers or political appointees. Our guidelines for diplomats state that they must either meet  or "who have participated in a significant way in events of particular diplomatic importance that have been written about in reliable secondary sources
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: Wikipedia should have articles on all permanent ambassadors for the same reason it should have articles on all national legislators, judges on national courts, etc. You can call that "inherent notability" if you like, or a presumption that GNG will always be satisfied for such individuals; I really don't care because satisfying notability guidelines (which are a good but not perfect proxy for determining what is or isn't important enough to include) should not be a concern with obviously important subjects such as this, so long as we follow the policies of V, OR, NPOV (which actually are important all the time). Or you can call it an  invocation, because deleting articles on permanent ambassadors does not improve the encyclopedia in any way
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Ignore all rules (WP:IAR)

Comment: It's difficult to see how this satisfies the |general notability guidelines given the lack of third-party sourcing or in-depth coverage
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:GNG)

Comment: I believe that permanent ambassadors have presumptive notability, just like |scientists who hold named chairs, |politicians who hold national or international offices and |professional athletes
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ACADEMIC||WP:POLITICIAN||WP:ATHLETE)