List of Japanese Ambassadors in the United Kingdom

The embassy is located 101-104 Piccadilly , London.

Appointment / accreditation	ambassador	Japanese writing	Remarks	appointed during the reign of	accredited during the government of	Leave post
1872	Terashima Munenori	寺島宗則	Terashima Munenori (June 21, 1832 - June 6, 1893) negotiated the María Luz incident	Meiji	Benjamin Disraeli	1873
1873	Kagenori Ueno	上野景範	(* January 8, 1845; † April 11, 1888) 1874 to 1879: Consul in London negotiated in 1875 with the Ottoman ambassador to establish diplomatic relations.			1879
1879	Mori Arinori	森有礼	Mori Arinori (23 August 1847 - 12 February 1889) 1871–1873 envoy to Washington, DC			1884
1884	Masataka Kawase	河瀬真孝	Consul in London Masataka Kawase (March 12, 1840 - September 29, 1919) 1871–1876 envoy in Rome		William Ewart Gladstone	1893
1894	Aoki Shūzō	青木周蔵		Itō Hirobumi	Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery	1898
1898	Katō Takaaki	加藤高明		Itō Hirobumi	Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury	1900
1900	Hayashi Tadasu	林董	Hayashi Tadasu (April 11, 1850 - July 10, 1913) from December 2, 1905 ambassador from 1906 foreign minister.	Itō Hirobumi		1906
1908	Katō Takaaki	加藤高明		Katsura Taro	Herbert Henry Asquith	1913
1913	Katsunosuke Inoue	井上勝之助	Katsunosuke Inoue (* August 16, 1861 - November 3, 1929) 1898: envoy in Brussels, 1898 to 1908: envoy in Berlin, 1910–1913: envoy in Santiago de Chile.	Yamamoto Gonnohyōe	Herbert Henry Asquith	1916
1916	Chinda Sutemi	珍田捨巳	Chinda Sutemi (born January 19, 1857 - † January 16, 1929.) 1908 to 1911 envoy in Berlin, 1912 to 1916: envoy in Washington, 1919 delegate to the Paris Peace Conference.	Terauchi Masatake	David Lloyd George	1920
1920	Hayashi Gonsuke	林権助	Gonsuke Hayashi (March 3, 1844 - February 16, 1914).	Hara Takashi	David Lloyd George	1925
1925	Matsui Keishirō	松井慶四郎	Matsui Keishirō (March 28, 1868 - June 4, 1946) 1914–1918 Envoy to Paris 1919 Representative of the Japanese government at the Paris Peace Conference, January 7– June 11, 1924: Foreign Minister.	Kiyoura Keigo	Ramsay MacDonald	1929
1929	Matsudaira Tsuneo	松平恒雄	Matsui Keishirō (April 17, 1877 - November 14, 1949)	Hamaguchi Osachi	Ramsay MacDonald	1936
1936	Yoshida Shigeru	吉田茂		Hirota Kōki	Stanley Baldwin	1939
1939	Shigemitsu Mamoru	重光葵		Hiranuma Kiichirō	Arthur Neville Chamberlain	1941
1955	Haruhiko Nishi	西春彦	(* April 29, 1893 Kagoshima; † September 20, 1986) 1952–1955: Ambassador to Canberra	Hatoyama Ichirō	Anthony Eden	1958
1958	Katsumi Ōno	大野勝巳	(Born April 6, 1905 - Setagaya, Tokyo; † September 1, 2006)	Kishi Nobusuke	Harold Macmillan	1964
1968	Morio Yukawa	湯川盛夫	(* February 23, 1908 - March 16, 1988) Member of the Japanese delegation to General Douglas McArthur in Manila on August 19, 1945 to receive the details of the Japanese surrender 1960 Ambassador in Manila in this capacity came the Treaty of Friendship of December 9th 1960. 1964 to 1968: Ambassador to Brussels. 1972–1979: Master of ceremonies of the imperial household.	Satō Eisaku	Harold Wilson	1972
1979	Fujiyama Naraichi	藤山楢一		Ōhira Masayoshi	Margaret Thatcher	1979
1994	Hiroaki Fujii	藤井宏昭	Hiroaki Fujii (* 1956)	Murayama Tomiichi	John Major	1997
1997	Hayashi Sadayuki	林貞行	(* November 10, 1937)	Hashimoto Ryūtaro	Tony Blair	2001
2001	Masaki Orita	折田正樹	(* 1942 in Tokyo)	Koizumi Jun'ichirō	Tony Blair	2004
2004	Yoshiji Nogami	野上義二	(* June 19, 1942)	Koizumi Jun'ichirō	Tony Blair	2008
2008	Shin Ebihara	海老原紳	(* February 16, 1948) 2006–2008: Ambassador to Jakarta	Asō Tarō	Gordon Brown	2011
2011	Keiichi Hayashi	林景一		Noda Yoshihiko	David Cameron

Individual evidence

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