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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.
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Singapore. Singapore opened its first diplomatic missions in Jakarta , Kuala Lumpur , and New York City in the first few months after gaining independence in 1965.
The Embassy of Singapore, Washington, D.C. is Singapore's main diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 3501 International Place Northwest, Washington, D.C. [ 1 ] The embassy also operates Consulates-General in San Francisco , New York City , and Honorary Consulates-General in Miami and Chicago .
Consulates-General are staffed by career consulate foreign nationals, usually with full diplomatic protection. Honorary consuls are accredited US citizens or residents who have official standing but are usually part-time [2] [3] The United States Department of State's Chicago regional office serves these missions.
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 ]
It opened in 1891 and is the largest Japanese cemetery outside of Japan at 29,359 square metres, consisting of tombstones that contain the remains of members of the Japanese people in Singapore, including young Japanese prostitutes, civilians, soldiers and convicted war criminals executed in Changi Prison.
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 ...