United States Ambassador to Japan
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| Ambassador of the United States to Japan 日本駐在アメリカ合衆国大使 |
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| Nominator | Barack Obama |
| Inaugural holder | Townsend Harris as Resident Minister |
| Formation | November 5, 1859 |
| Website | U.S. Embassy - Tokyo |
The Ambassador of the United States of America to the State of Japan (Japanese: 日本駐在アメリカ合衆国大使 (Nihon chūzai amerika gassyūkoku taishi)) is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the United States of America to Japan.
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History [edit]
Since the opening of Japan by Commodore Matthew C. Perry, in 1854, the U.S. maintained diplomatic relations with Japan, except for the ten-year period following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent declaration of war on Japan by the United States. The United States maintains an embassy in Tokyo, with consulates-general in Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, and Naha.
In recent years, the post has been held by many significant American politicians, including Mike Mansfield, Walter Mondale, Tom Foley and Howard Baker.
The current ambassador to Japan is John Roos who was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate on August 7, 2009. Roos presented his credentials to His Imperial Majesty Akihito, Emperor of Japan, on August 20, 2009.
List of chiefs of mission [edit]
The following is a list of chiefs of mission.
- Townsend Harris (Presented credentials, November 5, 1859–Presented recall, April 26, 1862)
- Robert H. Pruyn (Presented credentials, May 17, 1862-Left Japan, April 28, 1865)
- Chauncey Depew (commissioned during a recess of Senate; declined appointment)
- Robert B. Van Valkenburgh (Presented credentials, May 4, 1867–Presented recall, November 11, 1869)
- Charles E. DeLong (Presented credentials, November 11, 1869-promoted to Envoy)
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
| Name | Presented credentials | End of term | End of date |
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| Charles E. DeLong | June 9, 1872 | Farewell address | October 7, 1873 |
| John Bingham | October 7, 1873 | Presented recall | July 2, 1885 |
| Richard B. Hubbard | July 2, 1885 | Presented recall | May 15, 1889 |
| John Franklin Swift | May 15, 1889 | Died at post | March 10, 1891 |
| Frank Coombs | June 13, 1892 | Presented recall | July 14, 1893 |
| Edwin Dun | July 14, 1893 | Presented recall | July 2, 1897 |
| Alfred Buck | June 3, 1898 | Died at post | December 4, 1902 |
| Lloyd Carpenter Griscom | June 22, 1903 | Left Japan | November 19, 1905 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
| Name | Presented credentials | End of term | End of date |
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| Luke E. Wright | May 26, 1906 | Left Japan | August 13, 1907 |
| Thomas J. O'Brien | October 15, 1907 | Left Post | August 31, 1911 |
| Charles Page Bryan | November 22, 1911 | Left Post | October 1, 1912 |
| Larz Anderson | February 1, 1913 | Left Japan | March 15, 1913 |
| George W. Guthrie | August 7, 1913 | Died at post | March 8, 1917 |
| Roland Morris | October 30, 1917 | Left Japan | May 15, 1920 |
| Charles B. Warren | September 24, 1921 | Left Japan | January 28, 1922 |
| Cyrus Woods | July 21, 1923 | Left Japan | June 5, 1924 |
| Edgar Bancroft | November 19, 1924 | Died at post | July 27, 1925 |
| Charles MacVeagh | December 9, 1925 | Left Japan | December 6, 1928 |
| William Castle, Jr. | January 24, 1930 | Left Japan | May 27, 1930 |
| W. Cameron Forbes | September 15, 1930 | Left Japan | March 22, 1932 |
| Joseph Grew | June 14, 1932 | American declaration of war | December 8, 1941 |
| William J. Sebald[1] | 1945 | 1952 | |
| Robert D. Murphy | May 9, 1952 | Relinquished Charge | April 28, 1953 |
| John M. Allison | May 28, 1953 | Left Post | February 2, 1957 |
| Douglas MacArthur II | February 25, 1957 | Left Post | March 12, 1961 |
| Edwin Reischauer | April 27, 1961 | Left Post | August 19, 1966 |
| U. Alexis Johnson | November 8, 1966 | Left Post | January 15, 1969 |
| Armin H. Meyer | July 3, 1969 | Left Post | March 27, 1972 |
| Robert Stephen Ingersoll | April 12, 1972 | Left Post | November 8, 1973 |
| James D. Hodgson | July 19, 1974 | Left Post | February 2, 1977 |
| Mike Mansfield | June 10, 1977 | Left Post | December 22, 1988 |
| Michael Armacost | May 15, 1989 | Left Post | July 19, 1993 |
| Walter Mondale | September 21, 1993 | Left Post | December 15, 1996 |
| Thomas S. Foley | November 19, 1997 | Left Post | April 1, 2001 |
| Howard Henry Baker, Jr. | July 5, 2001 | Farewell address | February 17, 2005 |
| Tom Schieffer | April 11, 2005 | Left Post | January 20, 2009 |
| John Roos | August 20, 2009 |
Notes [edit]
See also [edit]
- Embassy of the United States in Tokyo
- Japan–United States relations
- Foreign relations of Japan
- Ambassadors of the United States
References [edit]
- U.S. ambassador a role most vital
- United States Department of State: Background notes on Japan
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Department of State (Background Notes).
This article incorporates External links [edit]
- United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Japan
- United States Department of State: Japan
- United States Embassy in Tokyo
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