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In August 1950 a U.S. consular post was opened in Daimyo-cho, Fukuoka City. This post was moved to a famous white building known as the "White House" in Tenjin, Fukuoka City, in March 1952. On April 28, 1952, following the enforcement of the Treaty of San Francisco, it was established as the U.S. Consulate in Fukuoka. The first Principal ...
Beginning in 1854 with the use of gunboat diplomacy by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, the U.S. has maintained diplomatic relations with Japan, except for the ten-year period between the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (and the subsequent declaration of war on Japan by the United States) and the signing of the Treaty of San Francisco, which normalized relations between the United States and Japan.
U.S. Department of State Facilities and Areas of Jurisdictions. The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, [1] including 271 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 173 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of November 2023 [2]).
Embassy 2021 [11] Burundi: Embassy 1997 [12] Central African Republic: Embassy 1992 [13] Nauru: Consulate 1989 [14] Somalia: Embassy 1990 [15] South Yemen: Embassy 1982 [16] [17] Fukuoka Australia: Consulate-General 2019 [18] Canada: Consulate 2007 [19] United Kingdom: Consulate 2006 [20] Hakodate Soviet Union: Consulate: 1944 [21] [22] United ...
Along with consulates in Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, and Naha, the embassy provides assistance to American citizens and residents who live in Japan and issues visas to Japanese nationals, and legal residents in Japan who wish to visit or immigrate to the United States. The current ambassador is Rahm Emanuel, who assumed office on March 25 ...
Embassy of the United States, London, United Kingdom: Appointer: President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate: Term length: At the pleasure of the President: Inaugural holder: John Adams (as Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James's) Formation: 1785: Website: uk.usembassy.gov
The Embassy of the United States of America in London is the diplomatic mission of the United States in the United Kingdom. [1] Its office is located in Nine Elms and is the largest American embassy in Western Europe [2] and the focal point for events relating to the United States held in the United Kingdom.
The United States Consulate in Liverpool, England, was established in 1790, and was the first overseas consulate founded by the then fledgling United States of America. [1] [2] Liverpool was at the time an important center for transatlantic commerce and a vital trading partner for the former Thirteen Colonies.