List of ambassadors of Japan to Australia

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Ambassador of Japan to Australia
Imperial Seal of Japan.svg
Incumbent
Kazuhiro Suzuki
since 1 March 2023
Style His Excellency
Appointer Naruhito
Inaugural holder Tatsuo Kawai
Formation2 January 1941
Website Embassy of Japan in 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 Kazuhiro Suzuki.

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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

IncumbentStart of termEnd of termNotes
Tatsuo Kawai 2 January 19417 December 1941 [1]
Suspension of relations

Ambassadors, 1952–present

IncumbentStart of termEnd of termNotes
Haruhiko Nishi 10 September 195214 June 1955 [2]
Tadakatsu Suzuki14 June 195511 March 1959 [3]
Katsushiro NaritaMarch 19597 April 1961 [4]
Saburo Ohta7 April 196130 December 1965 [5]
Koh Chiba30 December 196518 August 1967 [6]
Fumihiko Kai18 August 19675 December 1969 [7]
Shizuo Saito5 December 19697 August 1973 [8]
Kenzo Yoshida7 August 197320 January 1976 [9]
Yoshio Okawara20 January 1976February 1980 [10]
Mizuo KurodaApril 1980October 1982 [11]
Kensuke Yanagiya2 December 1982December 1984 [12]
Toshijiro NakajimaDecember 1984August 1987 [13]
Kenichi YanagiNovember 1987March 1990 [14]
Hiromu FukadaMarch 19907 February 1992 [15]
Kazutoshi Hasegawa7 February 19921996 [16]
Yukio Satoh19961998 [17]
Masaji TakahashiSeptember 1998January 2001 [18] [19]
Atsushi HatakenakaJanuary 2001September 2003
Kenzo Oshima September 2003December 2004
Hideaki UedaJanuary 2005September 2007
Takaaki KojimaSeptember 2007July 2010 [20]
Shigekazu SatoJuly 2010November 2012
Yoshitaka AkimotoNovember 2012April 2015
Sumio KusakaApril 2015January 2019 [21]
Reiichiro TakahashiJanuary 2019December 2020 [22]
Shingo YamagamiFebruary 2021March 2023 [23]
Kazuhiro SuzukiMarch 2023Present [24]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "JAPAN'S' MINISTER TO AUSTRALIA". The Sydney Morning Herald . NSW: National Library of Australia. 3 January 1941. p. 6. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "JAPAN NAMES AMBASSADOR TO CANBERRA". The Canberra Times . ACT: National Library of Australia. 11 September 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "JAPAN NAMES NEW AMBASSADOR". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 15 June 1955. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "AMBASSADOR DUE THIS MONTH". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 1 April 1959. p. 5. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "News In Brief". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 8 April 1961. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Envoy here soon". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 31 December 1965. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "Japanese envoy here soon". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 18 August 1967. p. 8. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "Japanese envoy named". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995) . ACT: National Library of Australia. 6 December 1969. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "NEW JAPANESE ENVOY NAMED". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 8 August 1973. p. 1. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  10. ↑ "IN BRIEF". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 8 March 1976. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Japanese envoy to return home". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 17 September 1982. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Senior Japan posting for ambassador". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 13 December 1984. p. 15. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  13. ↑ "Ambassador moving". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 22 August 1987. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "Ryan denies Irish envoy rumour". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 12 November 1987. p. 10. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  15. ↑ "New ambassador". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 8 March 1990. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  16. ↑ "Japan appoints a new ambassador". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 8 February 1992. p. 3. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Yukio Sato - President of The Japan Institute of International Affairs". The Japan Institute of International Affairs. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  18. ↑ Takahashi, Masaji (2004). "Diplomatic reflections: A Japanese view from Canberra". Japanese Studies. 24 (2): 177–179. doi:10.1080/1037139042000302483. S2CID   143045618.
  19. ↑ "Government appoints new ambassador to Australia". The Japan Times. 1 September 1998. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  20. ↑ "j trust co ltd (8508:Tokyo Stock Exchange) - Executive profile". Bloomberg Business. Bloomberg. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  21. ↑ "New Ambassador of Japan: Sumio Kusaka". Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee. 22 May 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  22. ↑ "Ambassador's first message".
  23. ↑ "Shingo Yamagami's time in Canberra draws to a close" (PDF).
  24. ↑ "Ambassador SUZUKI Kazuhiro's first message".
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