List of ambassadors of Japan to France

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The List of Japanese ambassadors to France started when Sameshima Naonobu presented his credentials to the French government in 1870.

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This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats. [1] [2]

Inaugural dateOfficial position (Japanese)Official positionName (Japanese)Name
October 3, 1870少弁務使 Chargé d'affaires 鮫島 尚信 Sameshima Naonobu
May 3, 1872中弁務使Minister resident鮫島 尚信Sameshima Naonobu
October 14, 1872弁理公使Minister resident鮫島 尚信Sameshima Naonobu
November 22, 1873特命全権公使 Minister Plenipotentiary 鮫島 尚信Sameshima Naonobu
April 25, 1874臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim中野 健明Nakano Takeaki
January 12, 1878特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary鮫島 尚信Sameshima Naonobu
December 5, 1880臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim鈴木 貫一Suzuki Kanichi
July 20, 1881特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary井田 譲Ida Yuzuru
March 9, 1883臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim光妙寺 三郎Kōmyōji Saburō
May 20, 1883特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary蜂須賀 茂韶 Hachisuka Mochiaki
September 23, 1886臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim原 敬 Hara Takashi
June 4, 1887特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary田中 不二麿 Tanaka Fujimaro
April 18, 1890臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim大山 綱介Oyama Tsunasuke
August 18, 1891特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary野村 靖 Nomura Yasushi
March 18, 1893臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim加藤 恒忠Katō Tsunetada
September 11, 1893特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary曾禰 荒助 Sone Arasuke
March 27, 1897臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim佐藤 愛麿 Satō Aimaro
June 21, 1897特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary栗野 慎一郎 Kurino Shinichirō
February 1, 1900臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim秋月 左都夫 Akizuki Satsuo
March 8, 1902特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary本野 一郎 Motono Ichirō
March 7, 1906臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim田付 七太Tatsuke Shichita
May 26, 1906特命全権大使 Ambassador 栗野 慎一郎Kurino Shinichirō
October 6, 1911臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim安達 峰一郎 Adachi Mineichirō
July 7, 1912特命全権大使Ambassador石井 菊次郎 Ishii Kikujirō
September 4, 1915臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim田付 七太Tatsuke Shichita
February 22, 1916特命全権大使Ambassador松井 慶四郎 Matsui Keishirō
September 25, 1920臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim長岡 春一 Nagaoka Harukazu
September 30, 1920特命全権大使Ambassador石井 菊次郎Ishii Kikujirō
October 6, 1922臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim松田 道一Matsuda Michikazu
June 10, 1923特命全権大使Ambassador石井 菊次郎Ishii Kikujirō
September 2, 1927臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim河合 博之 Kawai Hiroyuki
February 18, 1928特命全権大使Ambassador安達 峰一郎Adachi Mineichirō
February 13, 1930臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim河合 博之Kawai Hiroyuki
June 16, 1930特命全権大使Ambassador芳沢 謙吉 Yoshizawa Kenkichi
December 27, 1931臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim栗山 茂Kuriyama Shigeru
March 18, 1932特命全権大使Ambassador長岡 春一Nagaoka Harukazu
August 16, 1933臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim沢田 廉三 Sawada Renzō
December 20, 1933特命全権大使Ambassador佐藤 尚武 Satō Naotake
July 5, 1934臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim三谷 隆信 Mitani Takanobu
December 9, 1934特命全権大使Ambassador佐藤 尚武Satō Naotake
December 7, 1936臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim三谷 隆信Mitani Takanobu
March 14, 1937臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim内山 岩太郎Uchiyama Iwatarō
July 24, 1937特命全権大使Ambassador杉村 陽太郎Sugimura Yōtarō
December 14, 1938臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim宮崎 勝太郎Miyazaki Katsutarō
December 17, 1939特命全権大使Ambassador沢田 廉三Sawada Renzō
September 26, 1940臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim原田 健 Harada Ken
May 10, 1941特命全権大使Ambassador加藤 外松Katō Sotomatsu
February 12, 1942臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim原田 健Harada Ken
April 18, 1942特命全権大使Ambassador三谷 隆信Mitani Takanobu
During the summer of 1944, Mitani departed France with the Petain government, which effectively ceased to exist (although Vichy diplomatic and colonial officials remained at post in Japan and Indochina). Free France had declared war on Japan on December 9, 1941. Formal diplomatic relations with the French Republic were restored when the San Francisco Peace Treaty came into effect on April 28, 1952.
December 16, 1950在パリ在外事務所長Chief of the Japanese Government's Overseas Agency in Paris萩原 徹Hagiwara Toru
April 28, 1952臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim萩原 徹Hagiwara Toru
June 12, 1952特命全権大使Ambassador西村 熊雄Nishimura Kumao
December 12, 1956臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim松井 明Matsui Akira
January 24, 1957特命全権大使Ambassador古垣 鉄郎 Furukaki Tetsurō
July 30, 1961臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim北原 秀雄Kitahara Hideo
September 9, 1961特命全権大使Ambassador萩原 徹Hagiwara Toru
July 18, 1967臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim佐藤 正二Satō Shōji
September 13, 1967特命全権大使Ambassador松井 明Matsui Akira
July 27, 1970臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim松永 信雄Matsunaga Nobuo
September 18, 1970特命全権大使Ambassador中山 賀博Nakayama Yoshirō
February 5, 1975臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim武藤 利昭Muto Toshiaki
April 4, 1975特命全権大使Ambassador北原 秀雄Kitahara Hideo
February 19, 1979臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim大嶋 鋭男Oshima Toshio
March 19, 1979特命全権大使Ambassador井川 克一Ikawa Katsuichi
January 25, 1982臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim西川 健彦Nishikawa Takehiko
February 9, 1982特命全権大使Ambassador内田 宏Uchida Hiroshi
December 7, 1984臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim苅田 吉夫Karita Yoshio
December 15, 1984特命全権大使Ambassador本野 盛幸Motono Moriyuki
November 9, 1988臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim佐藤 俊一Satō Shunichi
December 28, 1988特命全権大使Ambassador木内 昭胤Kiuchi Akitane

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  1. Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1979). pp. 367-368.
  2. Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1992). pp. 80-81, 132.

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