The Ambassador of Japan to the People's Republic of China is an officer of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the head of the Embassy of Japan to China.
List of representatives This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats. Japanese Ambassador to the People's Republic of China From September 25 to September 30, 1972, Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka visited the People 's Republic of China at the invitation of Premier Zhou Enlai. On September 29, 1972, the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of Japan issued a joint statement, and both sides decided to normalize diplomatic relations from that date. In January 1973, the Japanese Embassy in China was established, and in February, the Chinese Embassy in Japan was established. In March, Chen Chu, the first Chinese Ambassador to Japan, and Heishiro Ogawa, the first Japanese Ambassador to China, both took office. NameAppointmentArrivalCredentials presentedLeft officeYuichi Hayashi (as chargé d'affaires)January 10, 1973 March 1973Heishiro OgawaFebruary 8, 1973 March 31, 1973 April 3, 1973 July 4, 1977 Shoji SatoAugust 10, 1977 August 22, 1977 May 1979 Kenzo YoshidaJune 15, 1979June 20, 1979 October 1981 Yasue KatoriOctober 1981October 24, 1981 July 1984 Yosuke NakaeAugust 4, 1984August 11, 1984 October 1987 Toshijiro NakajimaNovember 10, 1987November 17, 1987 September 1989 Osamu HashimotoNovember 1, 1989November 9, 1989 November 1992 Michihiko KunihiroDecember 28, 1992March 1, 1993 March 1995 Yoshiyasu SatoMarch 29, 1995April 8, 1995 May 1998 Sakutaro TaninoMay 12, 1998May 15, 1998 March 2001 Koreshige AnamiMarch 2, 2001March 20, 2001 April 1, 2006 Yuji MiyamotoApril 10, 2006June 10, 2006 July 21, 2010 Uichiro NiwaJune 17, 2010 July 31, 2010 September 3, 2010 November 28, 2012 Shinichi NishimiyaSeptember 11, 2012 Died before taking officeMasato KiteraOctober 5, 2012 December 25, 2012 January 17, 2013 May 10, 2016 Yutaka YokoiMarch 25, 2016 May 15, 2016 May 17, 2016 November 15, 2020 Hideo TarumiSeptember 11, 2020 November 25, 2020 April 14, 2021 December 6, 2023 Kenji KanesugiDecember 19, 2023 January 30, 2024 Incumbent
See also China–Japan relations
References
Further reading Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Okurasho Inseikyoku, 1979) Nihon Gaikoshi Jiten, "Dictionary of Japanese Diplomatic History" (Tokyo: Yamakawa Shuppansha, 1992)