Japanese Ambassador to the United States
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The Japan
ese ambassador mission to the United States
has existed since the 1860, interrupted by disagreements and wars during the Second World War.
The current ambassador is Ichiro Fujisaki
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Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese ambassador mission to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
has existed since the 1860, interrupted by disagreements and wars during the Second World War.
The current ambassador is Ichiro Fujisaki
Ichiro Fujisaki
is the current Japanese Ambassador to the United States.Fujisaki attended junior high school in Seattle, Washington as an exchange student. Fujisaki entered the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969. Served as Director-General of the North American Affairs Bureau in the Ministry of Foreign...
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Ambassadors
- Uchida Kosai, 1910.
- Sadao Iguchi, 1954-1957
- Koichiro Asakai, 1957-1963
- Ryuji Takeuchi, 1963-1967
- Takeso Shimoda, 1967-1970
- Nobuhiko Ushiba, 1970-1973
- Takeshi Yasukawa, 1973-1976
- Fumihiko Togo, 1976-1980
- Yoshio Okawara, 1980-1985
- Nobuo Matsunaga, 1985-1989
- Ryohei Murata, 1989-1992
- Takakazu Kuriyama, 1992-1995
- Kunihiko Saito, 1995-1999
- Shunji Yanai, 1999-2001
- Ryozo KatoRyozo Katois a Japanese lawyer and career diplomat who served as the Japanese Ambassador to the United States from 2001 to 2008. He is now the Commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball....
, 2001-2008 - Ichiro FujisakiIchiro Fujisakiis the current Japanese Ambassador to the United States.Fujisaki attended junior high school in Seattle, Washington as an exchange student. Fujisaki entered the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969. Served as Director-General of the North American Affairs Bureau in the Ministry of Foreign...
, 2008-present.