List of ambassadors of Japan to Australia
The Ambassador of Japan to Australia is an officer of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the head of the Embassy of Japan to the Commonwealth of Australia. The position has the rank and status of an Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and holds non-resident accreditation for Fiji and Papua New Guinea. The ambassador is based at the embassy at 112 Empire Circuit, Yarralumla in Canberra. The Ambassador is currently Reiichiro Takahashi.
Ambassador of Japan to Australia | |
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Incumbent Reiichiro Takahashi since 15 January 2019 | |
Style | His Excellency |
Appointer | Naruhito |
Inaugural holder | Tatsuo Kawai |
Formation | 2 January 1941 |
Website | Embassy of Japan in Australia |
Japan and Australia have enjoyed full diplomatic relations since 1941 when Tatsuo Kawai was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Japan to Australia, although relations were severed after less than a year owing to the outbreak of the Pacific War in December 1941. Relations were restored in 1952 and have continued since then.
Office-holders
Minister
Incumbent | Start of Term | End of Term | Notes |
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Tatsuo Kawai | 2 January 1941 | 7 December 1941 | [1] |
Suspension of relations |
Ambassadors, 1952–present
Incumbent | Start of Term | End of Term | Notes |
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Haruhiko Nishi | 10 September 1952 | 14 June 1955 | [2] |
Tadakatsu Suzuki | 14 June 1955 | 11 March 1959 | [3] |
Katsushiro Narita | March 1959 | 7 April 1961 | [4] |
Saburo Ohta | 7 April 1961 | 30 December 1965 | [5] |
Koh Chiba | 30 December 1965 | 18 August 1967 | [6] |
Fumihiko Kai | 18 August 1967 | 5 December 1969 | [7] |
Shizuo Saito | 5 December 1969 | 7 August 1973 | [8] |
Kenzo Yoshida | 7 August 1973 | 20 January 1976 | [9] |
Yoshio Okawara | 20 January 1976 | February 1980 | [10] |
Mizuo Kuroda | April 1980 | October 1982 | [11] |
Kensuke Yanagiya | 2 December 1982 | December 1984 | [12] |
Toshijiro Nakajima | December 1984 | August 1987 | [13] |
Kenichi Yanagi | November 1987 | March 1990 | [14] |
Hiromu Fukada | March 1990 | 7 February 1992 | [15] |
Kazutoshi Hasegawa | 7 February 1992 | 1996 | [16] |
Yukio Satoh | 1996 | 1998 | [17] |
Masaji Takahashi | September 1998 | January 2001 | [18][19] |
Atsushi Hatakenaka | January 2001 | September 2003 | |
Kenzo Oshima | September 2003 | December 2004 | |
Hideaki Ueda | January 2005 | September 2007 | |
Takaaki Kojima | September 2007 | July 2010 | [20] |
Shigekazu Sato | July 2010 | November 2012 | |
Yoshitaka Akimoto | November 2012 | April 2015 | |
Sumio Kusaka | April 2015 | January 2019 | [21] |
Reiichiro Takahashi | January 2019 | present | [22] |
See also
- List of Australian Ambassadors to Japan
References
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- Takahashi, Masaji (2004). "Diplomatic reflections: A Japanese view from Canberra". Japanese Studies. 24 (2).
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- "New Ambassador of Japan: Sumio Kusaka". Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- https://www.au.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/aboutus_en.html