Embassy of Japan, Kyiv explained
The Embassy of Japan in Ukraine (Посольство Японії в Україні) is located in the Pechersk district of Kyiv, near the building of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. It is being headed by an extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador.[1]
History
Until January 19, 1993, the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine was a part-time Embassy of Japan in Moscow, Russia. On 14 February 2022, the embassy was temporarily relocated to Lviv, as fears mounted of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]
Ambassadors to Ukraine
List of Ambassadors of Japan to Ukraine:
- (June 12, 1992 - April 13, 1993) Office held in Moscow till 19 January 1993.[3]
- (April 13, 1993 - October 1, 1996)
- (October 21, 1996 - May 28, 1999)
- (July 21, 1999 - September 1, 2002)
- (September 20, 2002 - September 30, 2005)
- (October 4, 2005 - September 1, 2008)
- (September 3, 2008 - August 26, 2011)
- (September 1, 2011 - August 29, 2014)
- (August 29, 2014 - November 26, 2018)[4]
- Kurai Takashi (December 4, 2018 - August 27, 2021) Inaugurated as of 23 January 2019.[5] [6]
- (August 27, 2021 -)[6] [7]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: List of Ambassadors of Japan in Ukraine. 2022-02-20. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. en.
- Web site: 在ウクライナ日本国大使館リヴィウ連絡事務所の開設. 2022-02-20. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. ja.
- Web site: 歴代 駐ウクライナ大使一覧. List of Japanese ambassadors to Ukraine. 2022-02-20. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. ja.
- Web site: Президент прийняв вірчі грамоти від послів іноземних держав в Україні 01/12/2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141208203433/http://www.president.gov.ua/news/31679.html. 8 December 2014. 5 December 2014. uk.
- https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3328899-japanese-ambassador-completes-diplomatic-mission-in-ukraine.html Japanese ambassador completes diplomatic mission in Ukraine
- https://www.ua.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/ambassador_list_eng.html List of Ambassadors of Japan in Ukraine
- Japan hands over batch of new television equipment to Suspilne. . 26 January 2022. Source: Press Service of Suspilne.