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List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan

List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Japan

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The Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Japan is the United Kingdom's foremost diplomatic representative in Japan, and is the head of the UK's diplomatic mission there.

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The following is a chronological list of British heads of mission (ministers and ambassadors) in Japan from 1859. Before 1905, there were no ambassadors exchanged between the two countries, the highest rank being envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary – a rank just below ambassador. Before 1859, there was no treaty and no diplomatic relations, because Japan was isolated from the world by the Tokugawa shogunate's policy of national isolation called sakoku (literally locked country).

List of heads of mission

Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary

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Ambassadors

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No representation (1941–1946, due to World War II)

Political Representative

Ambassadors

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Notes

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    Ian Nish. (2004). British Envoys in Japan 1859-1972, pp. 53-62.
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    Nish, pp. 63-71.
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    Nish, pp. 94-102.
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    Nish, pp. 103-113.
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    Nussbaum, "Eliot, Charles Norton Edgcumbe," p. 174., p. 174, at Google Books
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    Nish, pp. 123-131.
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    Nish, pp. 132-139.
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    Nish, pp. 140-156.
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    Hoare, James. (1999). Embassies in the East: the Story of the British Embassies in Japan, China, and Korea from 1859 to the Present, p. 214., p. 214, at Google Books
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    Nish, pp. 173-178.
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    Nish, pp. 179-184.
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    Nish, pp. 185-193.
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    Nish, pp. 194-201.
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    Nish, pp. 202-216.
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    "Hello (again) Japan". British Embassy Tokyo. 3 December 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013.
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    "Ambassador's Video Message: Paul Madden arrives in Japan". British Embassy Tokyo. 18 January 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
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    "Change of Her Majesty's Ambassador to Japan: Julia Longbottom". British Embassy Tokyo. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2021.

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