PARIS -- A veteran French diplomat will be nominated as the first woman to serve as France's ambassador to Japan, Nikkei has learned.
Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen now heads foreign ministry's UN directorate

Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen, pictured here in 2021 as the French ambassador in Tripoli, will take her new post in Japan in October. (French Embassy in Libya/AFP)
PARIS -- A veteran French diplomat will be nominated as the first woman to serve as France's ambassador to Japan, Nikkei has learned.