Kitamura to replace Yachi as Abe's nat'l security adviser: gov't

Japan's top intelligence officer Shigeru Kitamura will replace Shotaro Yachi as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's national security adviser, effective Friday, the government said Wednesday.A former National Police Agency official, Kitamura, 62, has led the Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office since December 2011 after serving as head of the NPA's Foreign Affairs and Intelligence Department.Hiroaki Takizawa, a Cabinet councillor who also hails from the NPA, succeeded Kitamura as director of Cabinet intelligence as of Wednesday, according to the government.With the reshuffle, the nation's top n…READ FULL ARTICLE