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History of Embassy's Assignments
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**Apr 1879
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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** Jan 1889
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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** May 1919
The Consulate was upgraded to the Consulate-General.
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** Oct 1952
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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** Apr 1966
The Consulate-General was upgraded to the Embassy level. Since then the
following Ambassadors have been assigned:
Ambassador Tsunemitsu Ueda (from 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)
* Not the same person
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