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The first US diplomatic mission in Singapore was established in 1833 with the assignment of Joseph Balestier as consul. Although Singapore was an important free trade port, there was some question over whether Americans were legally allowed to conduct business there by the British, and so he was officially assigned to "Rhio (Riau, then a part of the Dutch East Indies) and such other places as ...
The first American consulate in Japan was opened at the temple of Gyokusen-ji, Shimoda, Shizuoka under Consul General Townsend Harris.Gyokusen-ji is also the location of a small number of foreign graves dating from as early as 1854 marking the final resting place of U.S. forces personnel that died while serving as part of Commodore Matthew Perry's 'Black Ship' fleet.
This list of diplomatic missions in Singapore is made up of 75 embassies/high commissions, several foreign consular posts and 11 international organisations. It does not include honorary consuls . Countries without any forms of diplomatic representations in Singapore have accredited non-resident ambassadors or high commissioners to the island ...
The construction of the current embassy was completed in 1978. [1] It was designed by the Japanese architect Shin'ichi Okada ( 岡田新一 ). The garden of the embassy was designed by the Japanese landscape architect Junichi Inada ( 稲田純一 ), who played a central role in planning Singapore's national parks for nearly half a century.
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The Consulate-General of the United States in Osaka-Kobe (Japanese: 駐大阪・神戸米国総領事館), commonly referred to as the U.S. Consulate-General in Osaka, is a consular post of the United States in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The inclusion of "Kobe" in the name stems from its previous location in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture.
The Consulate of the United States, Nagoya (Japanese: 在名古屋米国領事館) is a consular post of the United States in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The consulate has a public relations division known as the Nagoya American Center ( Nagoya American Center, NAC ).
The United States, which does not fully implement exit control formalities at its land frontiers (although long mandated by its own legislation), [440] [441] [442] intends to implement facial recognition for passengers departing from international airports to identify people who overstay their visa.