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The first honorary Vice Consul, Dr Hu Shi Ze, a Singaporean, was appointed and the Consulate was set up at North Bridge Road. (The Consulate was temporarily closed on the demise of Dr Hu Shi Ze.) |
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The first Japanese Acting Consul, Mr Tsunejiro Nakagawa, was assigned and he took up his office at the Consulate at Sophia Road. |
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The Consulate was upgraded to the Consulate-General. |
Consulate-General was reopened. Since then, the following Consul-General had been assigned:
- Consul General Ken Ninomiya (from 18 Oct 1952)
- Consul General Seizou Hinata (5 Nov 1957)
- Consul General Kensaku Maeda (24 Oct 1960)
- Consul General Hiroto Tanaka (15 May 1963)
- Consul General Tsunemitsu Ueda (20 Mar 1964)
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The Consulate-General was upgraded to the Embassy level. Since then the following Ambassadors have been assigned:
- Ambassador Tsunemitsu Ueda (Apr 1966)
- Ambassador Kenichiro Yoshida (Nov 1967)
- Ambassador Yasuhiko Nara (Sep 1969)
- Ambassador Tokichiro Uomoto (Oct 1972)
- Ambassador Shinsuke Hori (Sept 1975)
- Ambassador Kiyoaki Kikuchi (Feb 1978)
- Ambassador Toshijiro Nakajima (Mar 1980)
- Ambassador Hiroshi Fukada (Oct 1982)
- Ambassador Hiroshi Hashimoto* (Aug 1984)
- Ambassador Wasuke Miyake (Mar 1987)
- Ambassador Tatsuo Yamaguchi (Jun 1989)
- Ambassador Takehiro Togo (Jul 1992)
- Ambassador Tomoya Kawamura (Nov 1993)
- Ambassador Katsushisa Uchida (Feb 1996)
- Ambassador Hiroshi Hashimoto* (Mar 1998)
- Ambassador Toshiyuki Takano (Mar 2001)
- Ambassador Kunihiko Makita (Oct 2001)
- Ambassador Kojima Taka-aki (Aug 2004)
- Ambassador Makoto Yamanaka (Oct 2007)
- Ambassador Yoichi Suzuki (Oct 2010)
* Not the same person
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