List of Japanese ambassadors in East Timor
The Japanese Embassy in East Timor is located on Avenida de Portugal ( Kampung Alor , Dili ). It was opened in 2002.
Historical background
There were trade relations between Japan and Portuguese Timor as early as the colonial times . Japan was the third largest buyer of East Timorese coffee after the Dutch East Indies and Portugal . Corn, manganese ore, copra, rubber, cotton and wax were also exported to Japan. Trade with Japan was organized by the Sociedade Agrícola Pátria e Trabalho (SAPT), from which in 1940 the Japanese Nanyo Kohatsu KK bought 48% of the shares. The Nan'yō Kōhatsu was a company that should secure the economic and political interests of Japan in Southeast Asia and Oceania.
Japanese troops occupied the entire island of Timor from 1942 to 1945, even though Portugal was a neutral country during World War II . The result was a guerrilla war waged by Allied forces against the Japanese on the island, known as the Battle of Timor . Timorese also fought on both sides. In Portuguese Timor alone, between 40,000 and 70,000 people died. The population also suffered from various atrocities committed by the occupying forces.
After independence, Japan helped rebuild East Timor after the Indonesian occupation (1975-1999). Japan supported East Timor with 210 million US dollars between 1999 and 2007, among other things for the modernization of the ports of Dili and Pante Macassar and the construction of the country's first expressway.
After the Tōhoku earthquake in Japan in 2011, East Timor announced that it would send 100 helpers to Japan to clear the rubble.
list
Surname | photo | Term of office | Remarks |
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Hideaki Asahi (旭 英 昭) | 2004-2005 | Japan's first ambassador to East Timor | |
Kenji Shimizu (清水 健 司) | 2005-2008 | Appointment: November 29, 2005 (previously Consul General in Calcutta ); Accreditation: January 2006 | |
Iwao Kitahara (北 原 巌 男) | 2008-2011 | Accreditation: September 2008 | |
Yoshitaka Hanada (花 田吉隆) | 2011-2014 | ||
Eiji Yamamoto (山 本 栄 二) | 2014-2017 | Accreditation: September 18, 2014 | |
Hiroshi Minami (南博) | 2017-2019 | Accreditation: October 18, 2017 | |
Masami Kinefuchi (杵 渕 正 巳) | since 2020 | Accreditation: April 7, 2020 |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Embassy of Japan in Dili: Relasaun Bilateral (tetum), accessed on May 27, 2017.
- ↑ History of Timor ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 824 kB) - Technical University of Lisbon
- ↑ Loro Horta : "Timor-Leste - The Dragon's Newest Friend", 2009 (PDF; 103 kB), accessed on May 20, 2012.
- ↑ ABCnews, March 15, 2011, Outpouring of international support for Japan , accessed May 20, 2012.
- ↑ UNMISET Daily Media Review May 16, 2005 , accessed April 21, 2016.
- ↑ Japan Times: New envoys for East Timor, Algeria , accessed May 27, 2017.
- ↑ a b Website of the Embassy of Japan in East Timor: [1] , accessed on March 11, 2016.
- ↑ Facebook page of the Japanese embassy in East Timor, October 18, 2017
- ↑ President of East Timor: Prezidente Republika Francisco Guterres Lú Olo simu karta kredensial husi Embaixador Japaun ba Timor-Leste, Kinefuchi Masami. iha Salaun China Pálasiu Prezidente Nicolau Lobato, Dili , April 7, 2020 , accessed on April 7, 2020.