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.

Shigeo Yamada is the current Japanese ambassador to the United States, having been appointed on October 24, 2023.

Special Charge d'Affaires

Arinori Mori, 1870–1872
Saburō Takagi, 1872–1873
Jirō Yano, 1873–1874

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

Kiyonari Yoshida, 1874–1882
Munenori Terashima, 1882–1884
Ryūichi Kuki, 1884–1888
Viscount Munemitsu Mutsu, 1888–1890
Gōzō Tateno, 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
Ryūji Takeuchi, 1963–1967
Takeso Shimoda, 1967–1970
Nobuhiko Ushiba, 1970–1973
Takeshi Yasukawa, 1973–1976
Fumihiko Tōgō, 1976–1980
Yoshio Ōkawara, 1980–1985
Nobuo Matsunaga, 1985–1989
Ryōhei Murata, 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, 2021–2023
Shigeo Yamada, 2023–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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