List of ambassadors of Japan to the United Kingdom

The List of Japanese ministers, envoys and ambassadors to the United Kingdom started when Sameshima Naonobu presented his credentials to the British government in 1870.

List This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats.Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1979). pp. 352-353.Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, appendix (1992). pp. 66, 98.

Inaugural dateOfficial position (Japanese)Official positionName (Japanese)NameOctober 3, 1870 少弁務使Chargé d'affaires鮫島 尚信Sameshima NaonobuMay 17, 1872大弁務使Minister resident寺島 宗則Terashima MunenoriFebruary 20, 1873特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary寺島 宗則Terashima MunenoriApril 14, 1873臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim本野 盛亨Motono MorimichiOctober 13, 1874特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary上野 景範Ueno KagenoriMay 9, 1879臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim富田 鉄之助Tomita TetsunosukeNovember 19, 1879特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary森 有礼Mori ArinoriFebruary 26, 1884臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim大山 綱介Oyama TsunasukeNovember 10, 1884特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary河瀬 真孝Kawase MasatakaSeptember 29, 1888臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim岡部 長職Okabe NagamotoNovember 20, 1889特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary河瀬 真孝Kawase MasatakaDecember 20, 1893臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim内田 康哉Uchida KōsaiFebruary 22, 1894特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary青木 周蔵Aoki ShūzōMarch 23, 1895特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary加藤 高明Katō TakaakiApril 17, 1899臨時代理公使Chargé d'affaires ad interim松井 慶四郎Matsui KeishirōJuly 6, 1900特命全権公使Minister Plenipotentiary林 董Hayashi TadasuDecember 2, 1905特命全権大使Ambassador林 董Hayashi TadasuMarch 20, 1906臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim陸奥 広吉Mutsu HirokichiAugust 16, 1906特命全権大使Ambassador小村 壽太郞Komura JutarōJuly 27, 1908臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim陸奥 広吉Mutsu HirokichiSeptember 21, 1908臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim山座 円次郎Yamaza EnjirōFebruary 11, 1909特命全権大使Ambassador加藤 高明Katō TakaakiJanuary 12, 1913臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim小池 張造Koike ChōzōJune 18, 1913特命全権大使Ambassador井上 勝之助Inoue KatsunosukeJuly 20, 1916特命全権大使Ambassador珍田 捨巳Chinda SutemiAugust 21, 1920臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim永井 松三Nagai MatsuzōSeptember 4, 1920特命全権大使Ambassador林 権助Hayashi GonsukeAugust 1, 1925臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim吉田 伊三郎Yoshida IsaburōAugust 18, 1925特命全権大使Ambassador松井 慶四郎Matsui KeishirōApril 10, 1928臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim佐分利 貞男Saburi SadaoJanuary 13, 1929特命全権大使Ambassador松平 恆雄Matsudaira TsuneoJuly 6, 1935臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim藤井 啓之助Fujii KeinosukeJune 24, 1936特命全権大使Ambassador吉田 茂Yoshida ShigeruOctober 19, 1938臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim岡本 季正Okamoto SuemasaOctober 25, 1938特命全権大使Ambassador重光 葵Shigemitsu MamoruJune 29, 1941臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim上村 伸一Kamimura ShinichiJuly 18, 1942 Second World WarAugust 29, 1951在ロンドン在外事務所長Chief of Overseas Agency in London朝海 浩一郎Asakai KōichirōApril 28, 1952臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim朝海 浩一郎Asakai KōichirōMay 3, 1952特命全権大使Ambassador朝海 浩一郎Asakai KōichirōJune 8, 1952特命全権大使Ambassador松本 俊一Matsumoto ShunichiJanuary 12, 1955臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim黄田 多喜夫Ouda TakioJune 12, 1955特命全権大使Ambassador西 春彦Nishi HaruhikoDecember 18, 1957臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim中川 融Nakagawa TōruMay 5, 1958特命全権大使Ambassador大野 勝巳Ōno KatsumiApril 2, 1964臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim宇山 厚Uyama AtsushiJune 22, 1964特命全権大使Ambassador島 重信Shima ShigenobuMay 22, 1968臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim木本 三郎Kimoto SaburōJune 22, 1968特命全権大使Ambassador湯川 盛夫Yukawa MorioOctober 7, 1972臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim高橋 正太郎Takahashi ShōtarōOctober 11, 1972特命全権大使Ambassador森 治樹Mori HarukiJuly 5, 1975臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim中島 敏太郎Nakajima ToshijirōJuly 20, 1975特命全権大使Ambassador加藤 匡夫Katō TadaoFebruary 10, 1979臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim小村 康一Komura KouichiMarch 29, 1979特命全権大使Ambassador藤山 楢一Fujiyama NaraichiJanuary 15, 1982臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim堤 功一Tsutsumi KōichiFebruary 13, 1982特命全権大使Ambassador平原 毅Hirahara TsuyoshiJanuary 22, 1985臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim関 栄次Seki EijiJanuary 26, 1985特命全権大使Ambassador山崎 敏夫Yamasaki ToshioMarch 12, 1988臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim瀨崎 克已Sezaki KatsumiMarch 15, 1988特命全権大使Ambassador千葉 一夫Chiba KazuoJanuary 4, 1991臨時代理大使Chargé d'affaires ad interim竹內 行夫Takeuchi YukioJanuary 20, 1991特命全権大使Ambassador北村 汎Kitamura Hiroshi1994特命全権大使Ambassador藤井 宏昭Fujii Hiroaki1997特命全権大使Ambassador林 貞行Hayashi Sadayuki2001特命全権大使Ambassador折田 正樹Orita Masaki2004特命全権大使Ambassador野上 義二Nogami Yoshiji2008特命全権大使Ambassador海老原 紳Ebihara Shin2011特命全権大使Ambassador林 景一Hayashi Keiichi2016特命全権大使Ambassador鶴岡 公二Tsuruoka Koji2019特命全権大使Ambassador長嶺 安政Nagamine Yasumasa2020特命全権大使Ambassador林 肇Hayashi Hajime2024特命全権大使Ambassador鈴木 浩Suzuki Hiroshi

See also List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan Japanese people in the United Kingdom Japan–United Kingdom relations Diplomatic rank

References

Further reading Nihon Kingendaishi Jiten, "Dictionary of Modern and Present Japanese History" (Tōyō Keizai Shinpōsha, 1978) Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Okurasho Inseikyoku, 1979) Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha, 1992)