List Of Ambassadors Of Japan To The United States

Shigeo Yamada is the current Japanese ambassador to the United States, having been appointed on October 24, 2023.

• Arinori Mori, 1870–1872
• Saburō Takagi, 1872–1873
• Jirō Yano, 1873–1874

• Kiyonari Yoshida, 1874–1882
• Munenori Terashima, 1882–1884
• Ryūichi Kuki, 1884–1888
• Viscount Munemitsu Mutsu, 1888–1890
• Gōzō Tateno, 1891–1894
• Shin'ichirō Kurino, 1894–1896
• Tōru Hoshi, 1896–1898
• Jutarō Komura, 1898–1900
• Baron Kogorō Takahira, 1900–1906 (1st time)

• Viscount Shūzō Aoki, 1906–1908
• Baron Kogorō Takahira, 1908–1909 (2nd time)
• Viscount Kōsai Uchida, 1909–1911
• Viscount Sutemi Chinda, 1912–1916
• Aimaro Satō, 1916–1918
• Viscount Kikujirō Ishii, 1918–1919
• Baron Kijūrō Shidehara, 1919–1922
• Masanao Hanihara, 1922–1924
• Tsuneo Matsudaira, 1924–1928
• Katsuji Debuchi, 1928–1934
• Hiroshi Saitō, 1934–1939
• Kensuke Horinouchi, 1939–1940
• Kichisaburō Nomura, 1941–1944 (Ambassador during the attack on Pearl Harbor)
• Saburō Kurusu, 1941–1945 (Special envoy to negotiate peace with U.S. officials)
• No representation during Allied occupation of Japan (1945–1952)
• Eikichi Araki, 1952–1953
• Sadao Iguchi, 1954–1956
• Masayuki Tani, 1956–1957
• Kōichirō Asakai, 1957–1963
• Ryūji Takeuchi, 1963–1967
• Takeso Shimoda, 1967–1970
• Nobuhiko Ushiba, 1970–1973
• Takeshi Yasukawa, 1973–1976
• Fumihiko Tōgō, 1976–1980
• Yoshio Ōkawara, 1980–1985
• Nobuo Matsunaga, 1985–1989
• Ryōhei Murata, 1989–1992
• Takakazu Kuriyama, 1992–1995
• Kunihiko Saitō, 1995–1999
• Shunji Yanai, 1999–2001
• Ryōzō Katō, 2001–2008
• Ichirō Fujisaki, 2008–2012
• Ken'ichirō Sasae, 2012–2018
• Shinsuke J. Sugiyama, 2018–2021
• Koji Tomita, 2021–2023
• Shigeo Yamada, 2023–present

• Japanese Embassy to the United States (up until 1860)
• Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C.
• United States Ambassador to Japan
• Japan–United States relations
  • Convention of Kanagawa
  • Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Japan)
  • Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan
  • Treaty of San Francisco
  • Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan
  • United States Forces Japan
  • U.S.–Japan Status of Forces Agreement
• Foreign relations of Japan
• Foreign relations of the United States
• Ambassadors of the United States
• Embassy of the United States in Tokyo