Former Ambassadors and Consul-Generals

April, 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.)

January, 1889

The first Japanese Acting Consul, Mr Tsunejiro Nakagawa, was assigned and he took up his office at the Consulate at Sophia Road.

May, 1919

The Consulate was upgraded to the Consulate-General.

October, 1952 - March, 1964

Consulate-General was reopened. Since then, the following Consul-General had been assigned:

Consul General Ken Ninomiya (from 18th October, 1952)
Consul General Seizou Hinata (5th November, 1957)
Consul General Kensaku Maeda (24th October, 1960)
Consul General Hiroto Tanaka (15th May, 1963)
Consul General Tsunemitsu Ueda (20th March, 1964)

April, 1966 - Now

The Consulate-General was upgraded to the Embassy level. Since then the following Ambassadors have been assigned:

Ambassador Tsunemitsu Ueda (28th April, 1966)
Ambassador Kenichiro Yoshida (25th November, 1967)
Ambassador Yasuhiko Nara (4th September, 1969)
Ambassador Tokichiro Uomoto (31st October, 1972)
Ambassador Shinsuke Hori (4th September, 1975)
Ambassador Kiyoaki Kikuchi (27th February, 1978)
Ambassador Toshijiro Nakajima (14th March, 1980)
Ambassador Hiroshi Fukada (8th October, 1982)
Ambassador Hiroshi Hashimoto* (13th August, 1984)
Ambassador Wasuke Miyake (14th March, 1987)
Ambassador Tatsuo Yamaguchi (3rd June, 1989)
Ambassador Takehiro Togo (26th July, 1992)
Ambassador Tomoya Kawamura (11th November, 1993)
Ambassador Katsushisa Uchida (8th February, 1996)
Ambassador Hiroshi Hashimoto* (16th March, 1998)
Ambassador Toshiyuki Takano (5th March, 2001)
Ambassador Kunihiko Makita (17th October, 2001)
Ambassador Kojima Taka-aki (27th August, 2004)
Ambassador Makoto Yamanaka (11th October, 2007)
Ambassador Yoichi Suzuki (7th October, 2010)
Ambassador Haruhisa Takeuchi (7th October, 2013)
Ambassador Kenji Shinoda (7th April, 2016)
Ambassador Jun Yamazaki (13th October, 2018)
Ambassador Hiroshi Ishikawa (24th October, 2022)