The current Chinese Ambassador to Japan is the official representative of the People's Republic of China to Japan.
During the Qing dynasty, the Chinese envoy held the rank of Resident minister. When the Qing dynasty fell in 1912, the Republic of China (1912–1949) was the officially recognized government of China, which upgraded the role to Ambassador in 1936.
When the Kuomintang government fell following the Chinese Civil War, Japan, along with the rest of the world continued to recognize the KMT government in exile as the legitimate government of China until the United Nations passed Resolution 2758 in 1972, recognizing the People's Republic of China as the de jure government of the region.[1]
Due to the current political status of Taiwan, consular services with Taiwan are currently administered through the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan.[2]
| Name (English) | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese: 許世英 | 1936 | 1938 | |||
| Chinese: 褚民誼 | 1940 | 1941 | |||
| Chinese: 徐良 | 1941 | 1943 | |||
| Chinese: 蔡培 | 1943 | 1945 |
| Name (English) | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese: 董顯光 | 1952 | 1956 | |||
| 1956 | 1959 | ||||
| Chinese: 張厲生 | 1959 | 1963 | |||
| Chinese: 魏道明 | 1959 | 1963 | |||
| Chinese: 陳之邁 | 1966 | 1969 | |||
| 1969 | 1972 |
| Name (English) | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese: 陈楚 | April 1973 | December 1976 | [3] | ||
| Chinese: 符浩 | August 1977 | February 1982 | |||
| Chinese: 宋之光 | March 1982 | August 1985 | |||
| Chinese: 章曙 | September 1985 | June 1988 | |||
| Chinese: 杨振亚 | January 1988 | March 1993 | |||
| Chinese: 徐敦信 | December 1992 | June 1998 | |||
| Chinese: 陈健 | April 1998 | July 2001 | |||
| Chinese: 武大伟 | July 2001 | August 2004 | |||
| Chinese: 王毅 | September 2004 | September 2007 | |||
| Chinese: 崔天凯 | September 2007 | January 2010 | |||
| Chinese: 程永华 | February 2010 | May 2019 | |||
| Chinese: 孔铉佑 | May 2019 | February 2023 | |||
| February 2023 | [4] |