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Japanese ambassador to China Uichiro Niwa also warned the Noda government that the nationalization would gravely harm Sino-Japanese relations and potentially endanger peace in North Asia. On June 12, 2012, for example, Ambassador Niwa told the Financial Times "If Ishihara’s plans are acted upon, then it will result in an extremely grave crisis in relations between Japan and China. We cannot allow decades of past effort to be brought to nothing." He was then severely criticized by Ishihara, who called for Niwa to be fired. Foreign Minister Koichiro Genba subsequently announced that Niwa had apologized to him in a private letter. Genba shortly thereafter recalled Niwa as Japan's Ambassador to China.
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