The Ambassador of Japan to Chile is an officer of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the head of the Embassy of Japan to Chile.
The first Japanese ambassador was Hioki Eki, who presented his credentials to Chilean president Pedro Montt in 1909. Carlos Morla Vicuña was his counterpart as the first Chilean ambassador sent to Tokyo.
Japan and Chile's diplomatic relationship goes back to 1897 when Hoshi Tōru, a foreign minister to the United States, and Domingo Gana for Chile, negotiated the Treaty of Amity, Commerce and Navigation between the two countries in Washington D.C. It would be Chile's first treaty with an Asian country. The treaty would be ratified in Japan under the Saionji Kinmochi administration with Hioki dispatched under Foreign Minister Komura Jutarō. The two countries continue to maintain important academic and economic relations between the two countries today.
The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs maintains its chancery (jp) in the Santiago commune of Providencia, and a residence in Vitacura.
List of representatives See also: List of Chilean ambassadors to Japan on the Spanish language wiki at (Embajadores de Chile en Japón) or the Japanese language wiki at (日本とチリの関係)
This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats.
No. Name Portrait Rank Accredited Emperor President Notes 1 (日置 益) Minister Plenipotentiary(特命全権公使) Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1979). p. 364. 2 (藤井 實) Resident minister(外交官補) * (日置 益) Minister Plenipotentiary(特命全権公使) 3 (近藤 愿吉) Resident minister(外交官補) * (飯島 亀太郎) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 4 (田付 七太) Minister Plenipotentiary(特命全権公使) * (甘利 造次) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) * (来栖三郎) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 5 (鮭延 信道) Minister Plenipotentiary(特命全権公使) * (北沢 泰三) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 6 (森 安三郎) Minister Plenipotentiary(特命全権公使) * (玉木 勝次郎) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 7 (外交 官) Minister Plenipotentiary(特命全権公使) * (早尾 季鷹) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 8 (三宅 哲一郎) Minister Plenipotentiary(特命全権公使) 9 (塩崎 観三) Minister Plenipotentiary(特命全権公使) * (川崎 栄治) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 10 (山形 清) Minister Plenipotentiary(特命全権公使) *Diplomatic relations suspended on 16 September, 1943, due to World War 2 11 (成田 勝四郎) Minister Plenipotentiary(特命全権公使) * (佐藤 量寿) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 12 (矢口 麓蔵) Minister Plenipotentiary(特命全権公使) * (矢口 麓蔵) Ambassador(特命全権公使) * (安藤 龍一) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 13 (田中 三男) Ambassador(特命全権公使) * (岩間 龍夫) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 14 (金山 英勢) Ambassador(特命全権公使) * (伊藤 政雄) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 15 (高橋 覚) Ambassador(特命全権公使) * (伊藤 政雄) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 16 (佐藤 崎人) Ambassador(特命全権公使) * (稲吉 日出蔵) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 17 (遠藤 又男) Ambassador(特命全権公使) * (秋本 健志郎) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 18 (山下 重明) Ambassador(特命全権公使) * (稲吉 日出蔵) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1992). pp. 76-77, 122. 20 (赤谷 源一) Ambassador(特命全権公使) * (六条 幸雄) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 21 (小村 康一) Ambassador(特命全権公使) * (塙 哲夫) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 22 (野見山 修一) Ambassador(特命全権公使) * (久保 光弘) Chargé d'affairesad interim(臨時代理大使) 23 (色摩 力夫) Ambassador(特命全権公使) ~1992 24~25no citations currently found - please add if available ~26 (成田右文) Ambassador(特命全権公使) ~ ~27 (小川元) Ambassador(特命全権公使) ~28 (林渉) Ambassador(特命全権公使) ~29 (村上秀徳) Ambassador(特命全権公使) ~30 (二階 尚人) Ambassador(特命全権公使) ~31 (平石 好伸) Ambassador(特命全権公使) ~32 (渋谷 和久) Ambassador(特命全権公使) ~33 (伊藤 恭子) Ambassador(特命全権公使) ~34 (曽根 健孝) Ambassador(特命全権公使)
See also Chile–Japan relations Japanese Chileans
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)