Japanese Ambassador to the United States
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The Ambassador of Japan to the United States (駐アメリカ大使 or 駐米大使?) has existed since the 1860, interrupted by disagreements and wars during the World War II.
Kenichirō Sasae is the current Japanese ambassador to the United States, having presented his credentials on November 19, 2012.[1]
Contents
Special Charge d'Affaires
- Mori Arinori, 1870-1872
- Saburō Takagi, 1872-1873
- Jirō Yano, 1873-1874
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
- Kiyonari Yoshida, 1874-1882
- Terashima Munenori, 1882-1884
- Kuki Ryūichi, 1884-1888
- Viscount Mutsu Munemitsu, 1888-1890
- Tatenozō Tsuyoshi, 1891-1894
- No representation, 1894-1898
- Komura Jutarō, 1898-1900
- Baron Takahira Kogorō, 1900-1906 (1st time)
Ambassador
- Viscount Aoki Shūzō, 1906-1908
- Baron Takahira Kogorō, 1908-1909 (2nd time)
- Viscount Uchida Kosai, 1909-1911[2]
- Viscount Chinda Sutemi, 1912-1916
- Yoshimaro Satō, 1916-1918
- Viscount Ishii Kikujirō, 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, 1940-1944 (de facto; officially no representation 1941-1945)
- Saburo Kurusu, 1944-1945 (as special envoy)
- No representation during Allied occupation of Japan (1945-1952)
- Eikichi Araki, 1952-1953
- Sadao Iguchi, 1954-1957.
- Koichiro Asakai, 1957-1963.
- Ryuji Takeuchi, 1963-1967.
- Takeso Shimoda, 1967-1970.
- Nobuhiko Ushiba, 1970-1973.
- Takeshi Yasukawa, 1973-1976.
- Fumihiko Togo, 1976-1980.
- Yoshio Okawara, 1980-1985.
- Nobuo Matsunaga, 1985-1989.
- Ryohei Murata, 1989-1992.
- Takakazu Kuriyama, 1992-1995.
- Kunihiko Saito, 1995-1999.
- Shunji Yanai, 1999-2001.
- Ryōzō Katō, 2001-2008.
- Ichirō Fujisaki, 2008-2012.[3]
- Kenichirō Sasae, 2012–present.[1]
See also
- Japanese Embassy to the United States (1860)
- Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C.
- United States Ambassador to Japan
- Japan–United States relations
- Foreign relations of Japan
- Foreign relations of the United States
- Ambassadors of the United States
- Embassy of the United States in Tokyo
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Japan." The Washington Diplomat. January 2013. Accessed 2013-06-18.
- ↑ 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, accessed 2013-06-18; Staihar, Janet. "Japanese Ambassador to Retire." Georgetown Dish. September 20, 2012, accessed 2013-06-18.
