List of ambassadors of Japan to Peru
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The Ambassador of Japan to Peru is an officer of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the head of the Embassy of Japan to the Republic of Peru.
Both countries established relations in 1873,{{Cite web |url=http://www.pe.emb-japan.go.jp/esp/relaciones_bilaterales.htm |title=Reseña Histórica: Japón-Perú (in Spanish) |access-date=2017-08-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228032956/http://www.pe.emb-japan.go.jp/esp/relaciones_bilaterales.htm |archive-date=2017-12-28 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.rree.gob.pe/politicaexterior/Paginas/Relaciones-Bilaterales-Peru-Japon.aspx |title=Relaciones Bilaterales Perú - Japon |website=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010064046/http://www.rree.gob.pe/politicaexterior/Paginas/Relaciones-Bilaterales-Peru-Japon.aspx |archive-date=2016-10-10}} and 790 Japanese immigrants arrived in Peru 20 years later in 1899. Today, Peru has the second largest Japanese population in Latin America after Brazil.
Relations have been warm, although incidents have occurred. Before the establishment of relations, a diplomatic incident occurred between both countries, and after Alberto Fujimori (whose presidency was marked by events such as the Japanese embassy hostage crisis) faxed his resignation to the Presidency of Peru, Japan refused to extradite him as he had become a Japanese citizen, only arrested in Chile after his attempt to return to Peru.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/07/AR2005110700298.html Peru's Fugitive Ex-President Is Arrested in Chile] Peru severed relations with Japan only once, in January 1942, due to the Attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.{{Cite book |title=Las relaciones entre el Perú y Alemania (1828–2003) |last=Novak |first=Fabián |publisher=Fondo Editorial PUCP |year=2004 |edition=1st |location=Lima |language=es |url=https://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/181820}}
List of representatives
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| Name
! class="unsortable"| Portrait ! Term begin ! Term end ! Emperor ! class="unsortable"| Notes | |
|---|---|
| {{sortname|Yoshifumi|Murota|nolink=1}} (室田義文) | 50px | {{dts|1897}} | {{dts|1900}} | {{sortname|Meiji | Emperor Meiji}}
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| {{sortname|Sato|Aimaro|nolink=1}} (佐藤愛麿) | 50px | {{dts|1900}} | {{dts|1902}} | {{sortname|Meiji | nolink=1}}
| |
| {{sortname|Sugimura|Toraichi|nolink=1}} (杉村虎一) | | {{dts|1902}} | {{dts|1906}} | {{sortname|Meiji | nolink=1}}
| |
| {{sortname|Arakawa|Mi-ji|nolink=1}} (荒川巳次) | | {{dts|1906}} | {{dts|1908}} | {{sortname|Meiji | nolink=1}}
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| {{ill|Hioki Eki|de}} (日置益) | 50px | {{dts|1908}} | {{dts|1914}} | {{sortname|Meiji | nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Kondo|Sunaokichi|nolink=1}} (近藤愿吉) | | {{dts|1914}} | {{dts|1914}} | {{sortname|Taishō | Emperor Taishō}}
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| {{sortname|Iijima|Kametaro|nolink=1}} (飯島亀太郎) | | {{dts|1914}} | {{dts|1917}} | {{sortname|Taishō | nolink=1}}
| |
| {{sortname|Tatsuki|Nana Futoshi|nolink=1}} (田付七太) | | {{dts|1917}} | {{dts|1917}} | {{sortname|Taishō | nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Amari|Zoji|nolink=1}} (甘利造次) | | {{dts|1917}} | {{dts|1921}} | {{sortname|Taishō | nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Shimizu|Tadashi Saburō|nolink=1}} (清水精三郎) | | {{dts|1921}} | {{dts|1925}} | {{sortname|Taishō | nolink=1}}
| |
| {{sortname|Yamazaki|Kaoruichi|nolink=1}} (山崎馨一) | | {{dts|1925}} | {{dts|1929}} | {{sortname|Taishō | nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Saburō|Kurusu}} (来栖三郎) | 50px | {{dts|1929}} | {{dts|1933}} | {{sortname|Shōwa | Hirohito}}
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| {{sortname|Yoshiharu|Murakami|nolink=1}} (村上義温) | | {{dts|1933}} | {{dts|1938}} | {{sortname|Shōwa | nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Kitada|Seimoto|nolink=1}} (北田正元) | | {{dts|1938}} | {{dts|1940}} | {{sortname|Shōwa | nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Ryūki|Sakamoto|nolink=1}} (龍騎坂本) | | {{dts|1941|3}} | {{dts|1942}} | {{sortname|Shōwa | nolink=1}}
| The legation in Lima closed in 1942 due to World War II.{{Cite book |title=Las relaciones entre el Perú y Alemania (1828–2003) |last=Novak |first=Fabián |publisher=Fondo Editorial PUCP |year=2004 |edition=1st |location=Lima |language=es |url=https://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/handle/123456789/181820}} |
| {{sortname|Takeo|Ozawa|nolink=1}} (武雄小沢) | | {{dts|1953}} | {{dts |
| {{sortname|Shōwa||nolink=1}}
| The mission reopened in 1952.{{Cite web |url=http://report.jbaudit.go.jp/org/h22/YOUSEI/2010-h22-7081-0.htm |title=１４ 在ペルー日本国大使館 |website=国会からの検査要請事項に関する報告（検査要請）}}
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| {{sortname|Kohei|Teraoka|nolink=1}}
(康平寺岡)
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| {{dts|1956|2|28}}
| {{dts|1957|6|14}}
| {{sortname|Shōwa||nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname||nolink=1}}
(康平寺岡)
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| {{dts|1957|6|14}}
| {{dts|1958}}
| {{sortname|Shōwa||nolink=1}}
| As ambassador.
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| {{sortname|Kazuichi|Miura|nolink=1}}
(和一三浦)
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| {{dts|1958}}
| {{dts|1961}}
| {{sortname|Shōwa||nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Fumio|Miura|nolink=1}}
(文雄三浦)
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| {{dts|1961|2|20}}
| {{dts|1964}}
| {{sortname|Shōwa||nolink=1}}
|
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| {{sortname|Tatsuo|Ban|nolink=1}}
(達夫禁止)
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| {{dts|1970}}
| {{dts|}}?
| {{sortname|Shōwa||nolink=1}}
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|-
| {{sortname|Eijiro|Noda|nolink=1}}
(野田英二郎)
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| {{dts|1981}}
| {{dts|1983}}
| {{sortname|Shōwa||nolink=1}}
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| {{sortname|Masaki|Seo|nolink=1}}
(正樹ソ)
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| {{dts|1989}}
| {{dts|}}?
| {{sortname|Akihito|}}
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|-
| Morihisa Aoki
(青木盛久)
| 50px
| {{dts|1994}}
| {{dts|1997}}
| {{sortname|Akihito||nolink=1}}
| Hostage and homeowner during the Japanese embassy hostage crisis.
|-
| {{sortname|Konishi|Yoshizo|nolink=1}}
(小西芳三)
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| {{dts|1997}}
| {{dts|2000}}
| {{sortname|Akihito||nolink=1}}
|
|-
| {{sortname|Takashi|Kiya|nolink=1}}
(木谷隆)
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| {{dts|2000}}
| {{dts|2002}}
| {{sortname|Akihito||nolink=1}}
|
|-
| {{sortname|Narita|Yubun|nolink=1}}
(成田右文)
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| {{dts|2002}}
| {{dts|2005}}
| {{sortname|Akihito||nolink=1}}
|
|-
| {{sortname|Hitohiro|Ishida|nolink=1}}
(石田仁宏)
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| {{dts|2005}}
| {{dts|2008}}
| {{sortname|Akihito||nolink=1}}
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|-
| {{sortname|Megata|Shūichirō|nolink=1}}
(目賀田周一郎)
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| {{dts|2008}}
| {{dts|2011}}
| {{sortname|Akihito||nolink=1}}
|
|-
| {{sortname|Masahiro|Fukukawa|nolink=1}}
(福川正浩)
| 50px
| {{dts|2011|5|13}}
| {{dts|2014}}
| {{sortname|Akihito||nolink=1}}
|
|-
| {{sortname|Tatsuya|Kabutan|nolink=1}}
(株丹達也)
|
| {{dts|2014}}
| {{dts|2018}}
| {{sortname|Akihito||nolink=1}}
| {{Cite web |url=http://www.rree.gob.pe/elministerio/documents/guia_diplomatica_web_2014.pdf |title=Lista del Cuerpo Diplomático, Organismos Internacionales y Cuerpo Consular |date=2015-03-01 |website=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores}}
|-
| Sadayuki Tsuchiya
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| {{dts|2018}}
| {{dts|}}
| {{sortname|Akihito||nolink=1}}
| {{Cite book |title=Directorio de Cooperación Técnica Internacional 2018-2019 |publisher=Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática |year=2018 |language=es |url=https://www.inei.gob.pe/media/MenuRecursivo/publicaciones_digitales/Est/Lib1543/libro.pdf}}
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| {{sortname|Kazuyuki|Katayama|nolink=1}}
(和幸片山)
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| {{dts|2020|7}}
| {{dts|2023}}
| {{sortname|Naruhito|}}
| {{Cite web |url=https://www.pe.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_ja/11_000001_00887.html |title=Curriculum |website=Embajada del Japón en el Perú}}
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| {{sortname|Tsuyoshi|Yamamoto|nolink=1}}
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| {{dts|2023|10|24}}
| Incumbent
| {{sortname|Naruhito|}}
| {{Cite book |ref={{harvid|MRE|2024}} |title=Lista del cuerpo diplomático, organismos internacionales y cuerpo consular |publisher=Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores |year=2024 |language=es |url=https://cdn.www.gob.pe/uploads/document/file/5268863/4735700-guia-diplomatica-y-lista-de-organismos-internacionales-y-cuerpo-consular-2024-3-8.pdf |archive-date=2024-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240315235233/https://cdn.www.gob.pe/uploads/document/file/5268863/4735700-guia-diplomatica-y-lista-de-organismos-internacionales-y-cuerpo-consular-2024-3-8.pdf |page=62}}
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