The List of Japanese ambassadors to Belgium started when Motono Ichirō presented his credentials to the Belgian government in 1898.
List This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats.Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1979). p. 369.Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1992). pp. 81-82, 134.
Inaugural dateOfficial position (Japanese)Official positionName (Japanese)NameDecember 5, 1898特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary本野 一郎Motono IchirōOctober 5, 1901臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim松方 正作Matsukata ShosakuJuly 4, 1902特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary加藤 恒忠Katō TsunetadaOctober 27, 1906臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim大鳥 富士太郎Ōtori FujitarōJune 14, 1907特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary秋月 左都夫Akizuki SatsuoSeptember 5, 1909臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim松田 道一Matsuda MichikazuApril 1, 1910特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary鍋島 桂次郎Nabeshima KeijirōDecember 21, 1913臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim諸井 六郎Moroi RokurōApril 27, 1914臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim山中 千之Yamanaka ChiyukiOctober 24, 1917特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary安達 峰一郎Adachi MineichirōMay 31, 1921特命全権大使Ambassador安達 峰一郎Adachi MineichirōFebruary 13, 1928臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim栗原 正Kurihara TadashiAugust 23, 1928特命全権大使Ambassador永井 松三Nagai MatsuzoNovember 17, 1930臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim芦田 均Ashida HitoshiMarch 16, 1931特命全権大使Ambassador佐藤 尚武Satō NaotakeDecember 20, 1933臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim大鷹 正次郎Ōtaka Shōjirō February 19, 1934特命全権大使Ambassador有田 八郎Arita HachirōDecember 4, 1935臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim大森 元一郎Omori GenichirōJune 24, 1936特命全権大使Ambassador来栖 三郎Kurusu SaburōDecember 2, 1939臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim小林 亀久雄Kobayashi Kikuo December 9, 1939特命全権大使Ambassador栗山 茂Kuriyama ShigeruMay 3, 1940臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim小林 亀久雄Kobayashi Kikuo June 22, 1943Second World War February 22, 1951在ブリュッセル在外事務所長Chief of the Japanese Government's Overseas Agency in Brussels与謝野 秀Yosano Shigeru April 28, 1952臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim与謝野 秀Yosano Shigeru August 25, 1952特命全権大使Ambassador荒川 昌二Arakawa ShōjiFebruary 14, 1955臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim山津 善衛Yamatsu Yoshie April 8, 1955特命全権大使Ambassador武内 龍次Takeuchi RyūjiApril 8, 1957臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim矢野 泰男Yano Yasuo July 24, 1957特命全権大使Ambassador倭島 英二Wajima EijiDecember 8, 1960臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim中山 賀博Nakayama YoshirōJanuary 16, 1961特命全権大使Ambassador下田 武三Shimoda TakesoNovember 29, 1963臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim井川 克一Ikawa KatsuichiDecember 10, 1963特命全権大使Ambassador湯川 盛夫Yukawa MorioMay 5, 1968臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim平原 毅Hirahara TsuyoshiNovember 6, 1968特命全権大使Ambassador小田部 謙一Otabe KenichiJanuary 27, 1971臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim安田 謙治Yasuda KenjiFebruary 23, 1971特命全権大使Ambassador安倍 勲Abe IsaoFebruary 6, 1976臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim大鷹 弘Ōtaka HiroshiMarch 12, 1976特命全権大使Ambassador西堀 正弘Nishibori MasahiroJanuary 12, 1979臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim西崎 信郎Nishizaki Nobuo March 25, 1979特命全権大使Ambassador徳久 茂Tokuhisa ShigeruMay 19, 1983臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim平林 博Hirabayashi HiroshiJune 3, 1983特命全権大使Ambassador山本 鎮彦Yamamoto ShizuhikoMarch 15, 1987臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim河村 武和Kawamura TakekazuMarch 26, 1987特命全権大使Ambassador加藤 吉彌Katō YoshiyaFebruary 17, 1990臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim大久保 基Ōkubo MotoiMarch 1, 1990特命全権大使Ambassador矢田部 厚彦Yatabe Atsuhiko
See also Belgium–Japan relations Diplomatic rank
References
Further reading Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Okurasho Inseikyoku, 1979) Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha, 1992)