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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.
Embassy Location Neighborhood Image Notes Afghanistan: 2-2-1 Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-0041 Minato: The Embassy represents the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government-in-exile. Albania: 6-4-8 Tsukiji, Chūō-ku, Tokyo 104-0045: Chuo: Algeria: 2-10-67 Mita, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0062 Meguro: Angola: 2-10-24 Daizawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 155 ...
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]).
The consulate in Kobe was closed in 1941 due to the outbreak of the Pacific War between Japan and the U.S. However, it reopened in 1953 after Japan's return to the international community. [2] In 1961, the Kobe consulate was elevated to the U.S. Consulate-General in Kobe. [3]
The consulate has a public relations division called the Fukuoka American Center. [ 1 ] Currently it is the only U.S. consulate in Kyushu , [ 2 ] but for about 80 years from the late Tokugawa period to the start of the Pacific War, the consulate was located in Nagasaki instead of Fukuoka.
The United States is building a network of alliances in the Indo-Pacific to counter China's threats there, its top diplomat in Taiwan said on Wednesday, adding that the island was not Beijing's ...
On July 3, 1920, the consulate was established in Higashi-ku, Nagoya by Consul Harry Franklin Hawley. Due to worsening relations between Japan and the U.S., the consulate was closed on December 31, 1940. [2] Following the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy on December 7, 1941, [3] both nations entered a state of war. [4]