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Explore the detailed history and current ambassadors of Japan to France. Discover the key diplomatic missions and representatives fostering strong bilateral relations between Japan and France.

Head of mission (HOM) Entered office Left office
Kurino Shinichiro 26 May, 1906 -
Adachi Mineichiro
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
6 October, 1911 -
Ishii Kikujiro 7 July, 1912 -
Tatsuke Shichita
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
4 September, 1915 -
Matsui Keishiro 22 February, 1916 -
Nagaoka Harukazu
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
25 September, 1920 -
Ishii Kikujiro 30 September, 1920 -
Matsuda Michikazu
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
6 October, 1922 -
Ishii Kikujiro 10 June, 1923 -
Kawai Hiroyuki
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
2 September, 1927 -
Adachi Mineichiro 18 February, 1928 -
Kawai Hiroyuki
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
13 February, 1930 -
Yoshizawa Kenkichi 16 June, 1930 -
Kuriyama Shigeru
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
27 December, 1931 -
Nagaoka Harukazu 18 March, 1932 -
Sawada Renzo
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
16 August, 1933 -
Sato Naotake 20 December, 1933 -
Mitani Takanobu
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
5 July, 1934 -
Sato Naotake 9 December, 1934 -
Mitani Takanobu
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
7 December, 1936 -
Uchiyama Iwataro
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
14 March, 1937 -
Sugimura Yotaro 24 July, 1937 -
Miyazaki Katsutaro
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
14 December, 1938 -
Sawada Renzo 17 December, 1939 -
Harada Ken
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
26 September, 1940 -
Kato Sotomatsu 10 May, 1941 -
Harada Ken
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
12 February, 1942 -
Mitani Takanobu 18 April, 1942 -
Hagiwara Toru
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
28 April, 1952 -
Nishimura Kumao 12 June, 1952 -
Matsui Akira
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
12 December, 1956 -
Furukaki Tetsuro 24 January, 1957 -
Kitahara Hideo
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
30 July, 1961 -
Hagiwara Toru 9 September, 1961 -
Sato Shoji
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
18 July, 1967 -
Matsui Akira 13 September, 1967 -
Matsunaga Nobuo
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
27 July, 1970 -
Nakayama Yoshiro 18 September, 1970 -
Muto Toshiaki
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
5 February, 1975 -
Kitahara Hideo 4 April, 1975 -
Oshima Toshio
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
19 February, 1979 -
Ikawa Katsuichi 19 March, 1979 -
Nishikawa Takehiko
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
25 January, 1982 -
Uchida Hiroshi 9 February, 1982 -
Karita Yoshio
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
7 December, 1984 -
Motono Moriyuki 15 December, 1984 -
Sato Shunichi
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
9 November, 1988 -
Kiuchi Akitane 28 December, 1988 -
Koichiro Matsuura 1994 -
Kazuo Ogura 1999 -
Hiroshi Hirabayashi 2002 -
Yasukuni Enoki 2006 -
Taro Kono
(Chargé d'affaires ad interim)
2008 -
Yutaka Iimura 2008 -
Ichiro Komatsu 2011 -
Yoichi Suzuki 2013 -
Masato Kitera 5 April, 2016 -
Junichi Ihara 10 December, 2019 -
Makita Shimokawa 5 November, 2022 -
Hideo Suzuki 2024 -


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