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Map of diplomatic missions in Japan. This is a list of diplomatic missions in Japan. At present, the capital city of Tokyo hosts 154 embassies. A few other countries are accredited through their embassies in Beijing or elsewhere. This listing excludes honorary consulates.
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 in 1613. Japan did not open an embassy in the United States (in Washington, D.C.) until 1860. Honorary consulates are excluded from this listing.
The Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. (在アメリカ合衆国日本国大使館, Zai Amerika Gasshūkoku Nihonkoku Taishikan) is the diplomatic mission of Japan to the United States. It is located at 2520 Massachusetts Avenue NW , Washington, D.C., in the Embassy Row neighborhood. [ 1 ]
The ambassador of Japan to the United States has existed since 1860, interrupted by disagreements and wars during World War II. Shigeo Yamada is the current Japanese ambassador to the United States, having been appointed on October 24, 2023.
The first Japanese Embassy to the United States set sail for San Francisco in 1860, marking diplomatic engagement between the two nations. The early 20th century saw Japan and the United States become allies during World War I, and diplomatic interactions continued.
The Japanese embassy with Pope Gregory XIII on March 23, 1585. [1] The Tenshō embassy (Japanese: 天正の使節, named after the Tenshō Era in which the embassy took place) was an embassy sent by the Japanese Christian Lord Ōtomo Sōrin to the pope and the kings of Europe in 1582.
Japan has an embassy in Yerevan. Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs about relations with Armenia Archived 9 April 2023 at the Wayback Machine Austria: 18 October 1869: See Austria–Japan relations. Austria has an embassy in Tokyo and 4 honorary consulates (in Hiroshima, Nagoya, Osaka and Sapporo).
The former building of the embassy. The current location for the embassy has a total of seven stories. The building began construction in September 2006, [2] and was officially completed in August 2011. [3] The building has been used as an embassy since March 2012. The former location of the embassy officially closed down in late February 2012. [4]