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Ambassadors from Japan to South Korea started when Toshikazu Maeda presented his credentials to the Korean government in 1965. Diplomatic relations were established by the Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea in 1965. [1] The current official title of this diplomat is "Ambassador of Japan to the Republic of Korea."
The embassy is known as the site of numerous South Korean anti-Japanese demonstrations. [4] In 1974, the embassy was ransacked by angry protesters during a time of heightened tensions between Japan and South Korea. [5] In 2005, two South Koreans sliced off their fingers during a protest related to the Liancourt Rocks dispute outside the embassy ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Japan. Japan sent ambassadors to the Tang Chinese court in Xi'an since 607 AD, as well as to the Koryo and Joseon dynasties of early Korea. [1] For centuries, early modern Japan did not actively seek to expand its foreign relations. The first Japanese ambassadors to a Western country travelled to Spain ...
Pages in category "Ambassadors of Japan to South Korea" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
With the incoming administrations of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida, both countries made significant amends. In March 2023, Yoon ended the South Korean government's requests to Japanese companies to pay Korean laborers enslaved during World War II. [3] South Korea and Japan have supported Ukraine ...
Japan and South Korea formally established diplomatic relations in December 1965, under the Treaty on Basic Relations Between Japan and the Republic of Korea, with Japan recognizing South Korea as the only legitimate government in the Korean Peninsula. Japan and South Korea share many cultural, economic, and military ties.
Masatoshi Muto (武藤 正敏, Mutō Masatoshi, born December 18, 1948) is a Japanese diplomatic analyst and former diplomat who served as the Japanese ambassador to South Korea from 2010 to 2012. [2] He also served as the Japanese ambassador to Kuwait in the late 2000s and was the Japanese consul-general in Hawaii in the early 2000s. [3]
Choi Byung-hyuk (Korean: 최병혁; born 1 January 1963) is a retired Republic of Korea Army lieutenant general.President Yoon Suk Yeol announced his intention to nominate Choi to serve as Minister of National Defense after the resignation of Choi's predecessor Kim Yong-hyun and Kim's imposition of martial law in December 2024.