List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan
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British Ambassador
to Japan
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British Embassy, Tokyo
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|incumbent = Julia Longbottom
|incumbentsince = March 2021
|style = Her Excellency
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|appointer = King Charles III
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|inaugural = Sir Claude MacDonald
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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Japan is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Japan, and is the head of the UK's diplomatic mission there.
The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in Japan from 1859. Before 1905, there were no ambassadors exchanged between the two countries, the highest rank being envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary{{spaced ndash}}a rank just below ambassador. Before 1859, there was no treaty and no diplomatic relations, because Japan was isolated from the world by the Tokugawa shogunate's policy of national isolation called sakoku (literally locked country).
List of heads of mission
= Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary =
=Ambassadors =
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!Head of mission ! Tenure ! Tenure | ||||
| Sir Claude MacDonald | 1905 | 1912 | {{center|Edward VII}} | {{center|Meiji}} |
| Sir Conyngham GreeneNish, pp. 103-113. | 1912 | 1919 | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" |George V | rowspan="2"|{{center|Taishō}} |
| Sir Charles EliotNussbaum, "Eliot, Charles Norton Edgcumbe," {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 174.|page=174}} | 1919 | 1925 | ||
| Sir John TilleyNish, pp. 123-131. | 1926 | 1931 | rowspan="4"|{{center|Shōwa}} | |
| Sir Francis LindleyNish, pp. 132-139. | 1931 | 1934 | ||
| Sir Robert Clive{{cn|date=October 2020}} | 1934 | 1937 | ||
| Sir Robert CraigieNish, pp. 140-156. | 1937 | 1941 | {{center|George VI}} |
No representation (1941–1946, due to World War II)
During World War II, Setsuya Beppu worked in a consulate in Dublin in the Irish Free State, and was responsible for the Japanese citizens in the UK and Ireland.{{Cite web |last=産経新聞 |date=2017-02-06 |title=日本びいきのアイリッシュ 大戦「シンガポール陥落」…首都では日本領事囲み祝賀会（2/2ページ） |url=https://www.sankei.com/article/20170205-HIXNQLPJ3RP5NAOOHSPOHT4EVY/2/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |website=産経新聞：産経ニュース |language=ja}}{{Cite web |date=2024-10-23 |title=日愛外交関係樹立50周年記念 （潮田哲，淑子ご夫妻に聞く） 「聞き語り日愛半世紀」 第2回：「太平洋戦争と2人のアイリッシュ」 |url=https://www.ie.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_ja/00_000112.html |website=在アイルランド日本国大使館 (Embassy of Japan, Dublin) |language=Japanese}}
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See also
Notes
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References
- Hoare, James. (1999). Embassies in the East: the Story of the British Embassies in Japan, China, and Korea from 1859 to the Present. Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press. {{ISBN|9780700705122}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42645589 OCLC 42645589]
- Ian Nish. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972. Folkestone, Kent: Global Oriental. {{ISBN|9781901903515}}; [https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/249167170 OCLC 249167170]
- Nussbaum, Louis Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). Japan Encyclopedia. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48943301/editions?editionsView=true&referer=br OCLC 48943301]
External links
- {{cite web |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/world/japan |title=UK and Japan |website=gov.uk}}
- {{cite web|url=http://ukinjapan.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/our-ambassador/previous-ambassadors |title=Previous ambassadors to Japan |date=21 Mar 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213151646/http://ukinjapan.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/our-ambassador/previous-ambassadors |publisher=British Embassy Tokyo |archive-date=13 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}
- {{cite web|url=http://ukinjapan.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/embassy-history |title=History of the Embassy |date=20 Oct 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213063428/http://ukinjapan.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/our-embassy/embassy-history |publisher=British Embassy Tokyo |archive-date=13 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}
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