Embassy of Japan, Seoul

Embassy of Japan in Seoul
Embassy of Japan in Seoul
Location	Seoul
Address	Twin Tree Tower A, 6, Yulgok-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Coordinates	37°34′31″N 126°58′47″E / 37.5754°N 126.9798°E
Ambassador	Koichi Aiboshi

The Embassy of Japan in Seoul (Korean: 주 대한민국 일본 대사관; Hanja: 駐大韓民國日本大使館; RR: Ju Daehanmingug Ilbon Daesagwan) is the diplomatic mission of Japan in South Korea. It is located in Seoul, South Korea's capital.

In addition to this embassy, Japan also has two consulates in South Korea: one in Busan and one in Jeju City.^[1]

History

The current embassy was opened on 18 December 1965, following the re-establishment of relations between the two countries, under its first ambassador, Toshikatsu Maeda.^[2] In 2015, the embassy was moved to the Twin Tree Tower as a temporary location while the embassy building is being renovated.^[3]

Design

The building has been described as "a large, red brick structure surrounded by high, barbed-wire-topped walls and guarded at all hours by dozens of police officers".^[4]

Demonstrations

The embassy is known as the site of numerous South Korean anti-Japanese demonstrations.^[4] In 1974 the embassy was ransacked by angry protesters, during a time of heightened tensions between Japan and South Korea.^[5] In 2005 two South Koreans sliced off their fingers during a protest related to the Liancourt Rocks dispute, outside the embassy.^[6] In 2012 a South Korean driver rammed his truck against the gate of the embassy, claiming it was done to highlight the Liancourt Rocks dispute.^[7]

Comfort women protests

Since 1992 the embassy has been a site of weekly Wednesday demonstrations, related to the comfort women issue.^[8] The controversial Statue of Peace, related to the comfort women issue, was unveiled in front of the embassy in 2011, causing another lengthy diplomatic row between Japan and South Korea.^[9]^[10] In 2012 a Chinese man threw four Molotov cocktails at the embassy to voice his anger over the comfort women issue.^[11] In 2015 an elderly South Korean man set himself on fire during a weekly Wednesday demonstration.^[4]

References

^ "Websites of Japanese Embassies, Consulates and Permanent Missions ｜ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan". www.mofa.go.jp. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ 미래희망기구. www.hopetofuture.org. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ "Japanese Embassy to Move to Temporary Location". Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "South Korean man lights himself on fire during anti-Japan protest in Seoul". Los Angeles Times. 12 August 2015. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ Japan and Korea: The Political Dimension. Hoover Press. 13 April 1985. ISBN 9780817981839.
^ island, Justin McCurry on Ulleungdo (18 August 2010). "Rocky relations between Japan and South Korea over disputed islands". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ "Japan anger after protester rams truck at embassy in South Korea". BBC News. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ Barbara Molony; Jennifer Nelson (9 February 2017). Women's Activism and "Second Wave" Feminism: Transnational Histories. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 255. ISBN 978-1-4742-5053-5.
^ Padden, Brian. "Weekly Korea Protests Keep Japanese WWII Atrocities Alive". VOA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ Sol Han and James Griffiths (6 February 2017). "Why this statue of a young girl caused a diplomatic incident". CNN. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
^ "Chinese man throws firebombs at Japanese Embassy". The Korea Times. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

External links

Official website

[1] "Websites of Japanese Embassies, Consulates and Permanent Missions ｜ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan". www.mofa.go.jp. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[2] 미래희망기구. www.hopetofuture.org. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[3] "Japanese Embassy to Move to Temporary Location". Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[:0-4] "South Korean man lights himself on fire during anti-Japan protest in Seoul". Los Angeles Times. 12 August 2015. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[5] Japan and Korea: The Political Dimension. Hoover Press. 13 April 1985. ISBN 9780817981839.

[6] sland, Justin McCurry on Ulleungdo (18 August 2010). "Rocky relations between Japan and South Korea over disputed islands". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[7] "Japan anger after protester rams truck at embassy in South Korea". BBC News. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[MolonyNelson2017-8] Barbara Molony; Jennifer Nelson (9 February 2017). Women's Activism and "Second Wave" Feminism: Transnational Histories. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 255. ISBN 978-1-4742-5053-5.

[9] Padden, Brian. "Weekly Korea Protests Keep Japanese WWII Atrocities Alive". VOA. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[10] Sol Han and James Griffiths (6 February 2017). "Why this statue of a young girl caused a diplomatic incident". CNN. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

[fire-11] "Chinese man throws firebombs at Japanese Embassy". The Korea Times. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2017.

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