List of diplomatic missions of Japan

Diplomatic missions of Japan

This is a list of diplomatic missions of Japan. Japan sent ambassadors to the Tang Chinese court in Xi'an since 607 AD, as well as to the Koryo and Joseon dynasties of early Korea. For centuries, early modern Japan did not actively seek to expand its foreign relations. The first Japanese ambassadors to a Western country travelled to Spain in 1613.

Honorary consulates are excluded from this listing.

Current missions

Africa

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Algeria Algiers Embassy
Angola Luanda Embassy
Benin Cotonou Embassy
Botswana Gaborone Embassy
International Organizations:
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Embassy
Cameroon Yaoundé Embassy
Congo-Kinshasa Kinshasa Embassy
Countries:
Djibouti Djibouti City Embassy
Egypt Cairo Embassy
Countries:
Eritrea Asmara Embassy
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy
Gabon Libreville Embassy
Ghana Accra Embassy
Countries:
Guinea Conakry Embassy
Ivory Coast Abidjan Embassy
Countries:
Kenya Nairobi Embassy
Countries:
Libya Tripoli Embassy
Madagascar Antananarivo Embassy
Countries:
Malawi Lilongwe Embassy
Mali Bamako Embassy
Mauritania Nouakchott Embassy
Mauritius Port Louis Embassy
Morocco Rabat Embassy
Mozambique Maputo Embassy
Namibia Windhoek Embassy
Nigeria Abuja Embassy
Rwanda Kigali Embassy
Countries:
Senegal Dakar Embassy
Seychelles Victoria Embassy
South Africa Pretoria Embassy
Countries:
Cape Town Consular office
South Sudan Juba Embassy
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Embassy
Tunisia Tunis Embassy
Uganda Kampala Embassy
Zambia Lusaka Embassy
Zimbabwe Harare Embassy

Americas

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Argentina Buenos Aires Embassy
Barbados Bridgetown Embassy
Belize Belmopan Embassy
Bolivia La Paz Embassy
Santa Cruz de la Sierra Consular office
Brazil Brasília Embassy
Curitiba Consulate-General
Manaus Consulate-General
Recife Consulate-General
Rio de Janeiro Consulate-General
São Paulo Consulate-General
Belém Consulate
Porto Alegre Consular office
Canada Ottawa Embassy
Calgary Consulate-General
Montreal Consulate-General
Toronto Consulate-General
Vancouver Consulate-General
Chile Santiago de Chile Embassy
Colombia Bogotá Embassy
Costa Rica San José Embassy
Cuba Havana Embassy
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Embassy
Ecuador Quito Embassy
El Salvador San Salvador Embassy
Guatemala Guatemala City Embassy
Haiti Port-au-Prince Embassy
Honduras Tegucigalpa Embassy
Jamaica Kingston Embassy
Countries:
International Organizations:
Mexico Mexico City Embassy
León Consulate-General
Nicaragua Managua Embassy
Panama Panama City Embassy
Paraguay Asunción Embassy
Encarnación Consular office
Peru Lima Embassy
Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Embassy
International Organizations:
United States Washington, D.C. Embassy
International Organizations:
Atlanta (Georgia) Consulate-General
Boston (Massachusetts) Consulate-General
Chicago (Illinois) Consulate-General
Denver (Colorado) Consulate-General
Detroit (Michigan) Consulate-General
Hagåtña (Guam) Consulate-General
Honolulu (Hawaii) Consulate-General
Houston (Texas) Consulate-General
Los Angeles (California) Consulate-General
Miami (Florida) Consulate-General
Nashville (Tennessee) Consulate-General
New York City (New York) Consulate-General
San Francisco (California) Consulate-General
Seattle (Washington) Consulate-General
Anchorage (Alaska) Consular office
Portland (Oregon) Consular office
Saipan (Northern Mariana Islands) Consular office
Uruguay Montevideo Embassy
Venezuela Caracas Embassy

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Afghanistan Kabul Embassy
Armenia Yerevan Embassy
Azerbaijan Baku Embassy
Bahrain Manama Embassy
Bangladesh Dhaka Embassy
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Embassy
Cambodia Phnom Penh Embassy
Siem Reap Consular office
China Beijing Embassy
Chongqing Consulate-General
Guangzhou Consulate-General
Hong Kong Consulate-General
Qingdao Consulate-General
Shanghai Consulate-General
Shenyang Consulate-General
Dalian Consular office
Georgia Tbilisi Embassy
India New Delhi Embassy
Countries:
Bengaluru Consulate-General
Chennai Consulate-General
Kolkata Consulate-General
Mumbai Consulate-General
Indonesia Jakarta Embassy
Denpasar Consulate-General
Medan Consulate-General
Surabaya Consulate-General
Makassar Consular office
Iran Tehran Embassy
Iraq Baghdad Embassy
Erbil Consular office
Israel Tel Aviv Embassy
Jordan Amman Embassy
Kazakhstan Astana Embassy
Kuwait Kuwait City Embassy
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Embassy
Laos Vientiane Embassy
Lebanon Beirut Embassy
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Embassy
George Town Consulate-General
Kota Kinabalu Consular office
Maldives Malé Embassy
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Embassy
Myanmar Yangon Embassy
  Nepal Kathmandu Embassy
Oman Muscat Embassy
Pakistan Islamabad Embassy
Karachi Consulate-General
Palestine Ramallah Representative office
Philippines Manila Embassy
Cebu City Consulate-General
Davao City Consulate-General
Qatar Doha Embassy
 Republic of China (Taiwan) Taipei Exchange Association office
Kaohsiung Exchange Association office
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Embassy
Countries:
Jeddah Consulate-General
Singapore Singapore Embassy
South Korea Seoul Embassy
Busan Consulate-General
Jeju City Consulate-General
Sri Lanka Colombo Embassy
Syria Damascus Embassy
Tajikistan Dushanbe Embassy
Thailand Bangkok Embassy
Chiang Mai Consulate-General
Timor-Leste Dili Embassy
Turkey Ankara Embassy
Istanbul Consulate-General
Turkmenistan Ashgabat Embassy
United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Embassy
Dubai Consulate-General
Uzbekistan Tashkent Embassy
Vietnam Hanoi Embassy
Da Nang Consulate-General
Ho Chi Minh City Consulate-General

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Albania Tirana Embassy
Austria Vienna Embassy
Belarus Minsk Embassy
Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Embassy
Belgium Brussels Embassy
Bulgaria Sofia Embassy
Croatia Zagreb Embassy
Cyprus Nicosia Embassy
Czech Republic Prague Embassy
Denmark Copenhagen Embassy
Estonia Tallinn Embassy
Finland Helsinki Embassy
France Paris Embassy
Countries:
Marseille Consulate-General
Strasbourg Consulate-General
Lyon Consular Office
Nouméa, New Caledonia Consular Office
Germany Berlin Embassy
Düsseldorf Consulate-General
Frankfurt Consulate-General
Hamburg Consulate-General
Munich Consulate-General
Greece Athens Embassy
Holy See Rome Embassy
Hungary Budapest Embassy
Iceland Reykjavík Embassy
Ireland Dublin Embassy
Italy Rome Embassy
Countries:
Milan Consulate-General
Kosovo Pristina Embassy
Latvia Riga Embassy
Lithuania Vilnius Embassy
Luxembourg Luxembourg City Embassy
Malta Sliema Embassy
Moldova Chișinău Embassy
Netherlands The Hague Embassy
North Macedonia Skopje Embassy
Norway Oslo Embassy
Poland Warsaw Embassy
Portugal Lisbon Embassy
Romania Bucharest Embassy
Russia Moscow Embassy
Khabarovsk Consulate-General
Saint Petersburg Consulate-General
Vladivostok Consulate-General
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Consulate-General
Serbia Belgrade Embassy
Countries:
Slovakia Bratislava Embassy
Slovenia Ljubljana Embassy
Spain Madrid Embassy
Barcelona Consulate-General
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Consular office
Sweden Stockholm Embassy
 Switzerland Bern Embassy
Countries:
Geneva Consular office
Ukraine Kyiv Embassy
United Kingdom London Embassy
International Organizations:
Edinburgh Consulate-General

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Australia Canberra Embassy
Brisbane Consulate-General
Melbourne Consulate-General
Perth Consulate-General
Sydney Consulate-General
Cairns Consular office
Fiji Suva Embassy
Countries:
Kiribati Tarawa Embassy
Marshall Islands Majuro Embassy
Micronesia Kolonia Embassy
New Zealand Wellington Embassy
Countries:
Auckland Consulate-General
Christchurch Consular office
Palau Koror Embassy
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Embassy
Samoa Apia Embassy
Solomon Islands Honiara Embassy
Tonga Nukuʻalofa Embassy
Vanuatu Port Vila Embassy

Multilateral organisations

Organization Host city Host country Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
African Union Addis Ababa Ethiopia Mission
Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jakarta Indonesia Mission
Conference on Disarmament Geneva Switzerland Delegation
European Union Brussels Belgium Mission
International Civil Aviation Organization Montreal Canada Delegation
NATO Brussels Belgium Mission
OECD Paris France Permanent Delegation
United Nations New York City United States Permanent Mission
Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission
International Organizations:
Vienna Austria Permanent Mission
UNESCO Paris France Permanent Delegation

Embassies to open

Closed missions

Africa

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
Central African Republic Bangui Embassy 1992
Egypt Alexandria Consular office 2004
Liberia Monrovia Embassy 2004
Nigeria Lagos Embassy branch office 2007
Sudan Khartoum Embassy 2023

Americas

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
Canada Edmonton Consulate-General 2005
United States Kansas City Consulate-General 2004
New Orleans Consulate-General 2008
Tacoma Consulate 1901

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
Iran Khorramshahr Consulate-General 1997
Kazakhstan Almaty Consular office 2014
Malaysia Johor Bahru Consular office 2014
Palestine Gaza City Representative office 2007
South Vietnam Saigon Embassy 1976
South Yemen Aden Embassy Unknown
Yemen Sana'a Embassy 2015
Republic of China Tianjin Consulate-General 1946
Hangzhou Consular office 1945

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
Germany Bonn Embassy branch office 2002
Italian Social Republic Venice Embassy 1945 or sooner
Lithuania Kaunas Consulate 1940
Poland Rzeszów Embassy liaison office 2023
Russia Nakhodka Consulate-General 1993

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
Australia Townsville Consulate 1908

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Japanese Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.
  2. ↑ Temporarily closed in 1990 due to the outbreak of the First Liberian Civil War, was officially declared closed in 2004.
  3. ↑ Temporarily closed in 1981 due to the outbreak of the Iran–Iraq War, was officially declared closed in 1997.
  4. ↑ The Baltic states, were occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1941, prompting the closure of missions accredited to Lithuania. From 1941 to 1945, the Baltic states were occupied by Nazi Germany, before finally being re-annexed by the Soviet Union after the Second World War.
  1. 1 2 3 Accredited as an observer mission.
  2. ↑ Continues as a representative office in Ramallah.
  3. ↑ Continues as a consulate-general nowadays.
  4. ↑ Resident in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
  5. ↑ Continues as an embassy in Berlin nowadays.
  6. ↑ Relocated to Rome, Lazio, Italy
  7. ↑ Continues as an embassy in Vilnius nowadays.
  8. ↑ Continues as an embassy in Warsaw nowadays.

References

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