List of ambassadors of Japan to the United States
The ambassador of Japan to the United States has existed since 1860, interrupted by disagreements and wars during World War II.
Koji Tomita is the current Japanese ambassador to the United States, having presented his credentials on March 28, 2018.
Special Charge d'Affaires[]
- Arinori Mori, 1870–1872
- Saburō Takagi, 1872–1873
- , 1873–1874
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary[]
- Kiyonari Yoshida, 1874–1882
- Munenori Terashima, 1882–1884
- Ryūichi Kuki, 1884–1888
- Viscount Munemitsu Mutsu, 1888–1890
- , 1891–1894
- Shin'ichirō Kurino, 1894–1896
- Tōru Hoshi, 1896–1898
- Jutarō Komura, 1898–1900
- Baron Kogorō Takahira, 1900–1906 (1st time)
Ambassador[]
- Viscount Shūzō Aoki, 1906–1908
- Baron Kogorō Takahira, 1908–1909 (2nd time)
- Viscount Kōsai Uchida, 1909–1911[1]
- Viscount Sutemi Chinda, 1912–1916
- Aimaro Satō, 1916–1918
- Viscount Kikujirō Ishii, 1918–1919
- Baron Kijūrō Shidehara, 1919–1922
- Masanao Hanihara, 1922–1924
- Tsuneo Matsudaira, 1924–1928
- Katsuji Debuchi, 1928–1934
- Hiroshi Saitō, 1934–1939
- Kensuke Horinouchi, 1939–1940
- Kichisaburō Nomura, 1941–1944 (Ambassador during the attack on Pearl Harbor)
- Saburō Kurusu, 1941–1945 (Special envoy to negotiate peace with U.S. officials)
- No representation during Allied occupation of Japan (1945–1952)
- Eikichi Araki, 1952–1953
- Sadao Iguchi, 1954–1956
- Masayuki Tani, 1956–1957
- Kōichirō Asakai, 1957–1963
- , 1963–1967
- Takeso Shimoda, 1967–1970
- Nobuhiko Ushiba, 1970–1973
- Takeshi Yasukawa, 1973–1976
- , 1976–1980
- , 1980–1985
- Nobuo Matsunaga, 1985–1989
- , 1989–1992
- Takakazu Kuriyama, 1992–1995
- Kunihiko Saitō, 1995–1999
- Shunji Yanai, 1999–2001
- Ryōzō Katō, 2001–2008
- Ichirō Fujisaki, 2008–2012[2]
- Ken'ichirō Sasae, 2012–2018
- Shinsuke J. Sugiyama, 2018-2021
- Koji Tomita, 2021-present
See also[]
- Japanese Embassy to the United States (up until 1860)
- Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C.
- United States Ambassador to Japan
- Japan–United States relations
- Convention of Kanagawa
- Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Japan)
- Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan
- Treaty of San Francisco
- Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan
- United States Forces Japan
- U.S.–Japan Status of Forces Agreement
- Foreign relations of Japan
- Foreign relations of the United States
- Ambassadors of the United States
- Embassy of the United States in Tokyo
References[]
- ^ Mochizuki, Kotaro. Japan To-day. A Souvenir of the Anglo-Japanese Exhibition held in London, 1910. Tokyo: Liberal News Agency/Methodist Publishing House, 1910, p. 19.
- ^ Sweet, Lynn. "Japan Amb. Fujisaki Hits Chicago: Speech, Gov. Quinn Meeting, Desiree Rogers Dinner." Chicago Sun-Times. June 13, 2010 Archived April 30, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, accessed 2013-06-18; Staihar, Janet. "Japanese Ambassador to Retire." Georgetown Dish. September 20, 2012, accessed 2013-06-18.
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