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Korea, US envoys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Japan will shortly replace its ambassadors to China, South Korea and the United States in an unusual simultaneous move amid difficulties in Tokyo&#8217;s dealings with all three, reports said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The government is due to revamp the line-up to pursue its diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific region,&#8221; public broadcaster NHK reported Tuesday, citing the planned replacement of Japan&#8217;s Ambassador to China, Uichiro Niwa.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Japanese media has also reported in the past few days the planned replacements of ambassadors in Seoul and Washington.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The government is expected to officially announce the moves after the current session of parliament ends on September 8, Kyodo news agency has reported.<\/p>\n<p>The foreign ministry declined to comment on the reports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tokyo&#8217;s territorial row with Beijing flared up anew as activists from Hong Kong landed on Japan-administered islands in the East China sea claimed by China.<\/strong> They were followed days later by Japanese nationalists.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak visited islets in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) controlled by his country but claimed by Japan, sending relations plunging.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tokyo&#8217;s ties with Washington have also stalled over the relocation of a major US military base on the Japanese island of Okinawa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Niwa sparked controversy in June when he expressed objections to the Tokyo municipal government&#8217;s plan to buy disputed islands, <strong>saying the move could spark an &#8220;extremely grave crisis&#8221; 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