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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
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
Ambassador
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Viscount
Shūzō Aoki, 1906–1908
- Baron
Kogorō Takahira, 1908–1909 (2nd time)
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Viscount
Kōsai Uchida, 1909–1911
[1]
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Viscount
Sutemi Chinda, 1912–1916
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Aimaro Satō, 1916–1918
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Viscount
Kikujirō Ishii, 1918–1919
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Baron
Kijūrō Shidehara, 1919–1922
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Masanao Hanihara, 1922–1924
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Tsuneo Matsudaira, 1924–1928
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Katsuji Debuchi, 1928–1934
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Hiroshi Saitō, 1934–1939
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Kensuke Horinouchi, 1939–1940
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Kichisaburō Nomura, 1941–1944 (Ambassador during the
attack on Pearl Harbor)
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Saburō Kurusu, 1941–1945 (Special envoy to negotiate peace with U.S. officials)
- No representation during Allied occupation of Japan (1945–1952)
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Eikichi Araki, 1952–1953
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Sadao Iguchi, 1954–1956
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Masayuki Tani, 1956–1957
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Kōichirō Asakai, 1957–1963
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Ryūji Takeuchi, 1963–1967
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Takeso Shimoda, 1967–1970
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Nobuhiko Ushiba, 1970–1973
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Takeshi Yasukawa, 1973–1976
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Fumihiko Tōgō, 1976–1980
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Yoshio Ōkawara, 1980–1985
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Nobuo Matsunaga, 1985–1989
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Ryōhei Murata, 1989–1992
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Takakazu Kuriyama, 1992–1995
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Kunihiko Saitō, 1995–1999
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Shunji Yanai, 1999–2001
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Ryōzō Katō, 2001–2008
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Ichirō Fujisaki, 2008–2012
[2]
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Ken'ichirō Sasae, 2012–2018
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Shinsuke J. Sugiyama, 2018–2021
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Koji Tomita, 2021–2023
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Shigeo Yamada, 2023–present
See also
References
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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.
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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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