Embassy of Japan, Kyiv

The Embassy of Japan in Ukraine (Zai Ukuraina Nihonkoku Taishikan (在ウクライナ日本国大使館), Ukrainian: Посольство Японії в Україні) is located in the Shevchenkivskyi District of Kyiv. It is being headed by an extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador.^[3]

Embassy of Japan in Ukraine
The Embassy building in Kyiv
Location	Kyiv
Address	Bldg. 4, Museum Lane (Kyiv) [uk], Kyiv 01901.
Ambassador	Kuninori Matsuda[1][2]
Website	Embassy of Japan in Ukraine (Ukr.)

History

Until January 19, 1993, the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine was a part-time Embassy of Japan in Moscow, Russia.^[4] On 14 February 2022, the embassy in Kyiv was temporarily closed with embassy operations relocated to a liaison office in Lviv.^[5][6][7] This followed a call by the embassy on 11 February for Japanese nationals in Ukraine to leave the country as fears mounted ahead of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[8] The embassy in Kyiv reopened in October 2022.^[9][10]

Ambassadors to Ukraine

List of Ambassadors of Japan to Ukraine:

1. Edamura Sumio [ja] Edamura Sumio (枝村純郎) (June 12, 1992 - April 13, 1993) Office held in Moscow till 19 January 1993.^[4]
2. Suezawa Shoji [ja] Suezawa Shōji (末沢昌二) (April 13, 1993 - October 1, 1996)^[4]
3. Kurokawa Yuji [ja] Kurokawa Yūji (黒川祐次) (October 21, 1996 - May 28, 1999)^[4]
4. Honda Hitoshi [uk] Honda Hitoshi (本田均) (July 21, 1999 - September 1, 2002)^[4]
5. Amae Kishichiro [ja] Amae Kishichirō (天江喜七郎) (September 20, 2002 - September 30, 2005)^[4]
6. Mabuchi Mutsuo [ja] Mabuchi Mutsuo (馬渕睦夫) (October 4, 2005 - September 1, 2008)^[4]
7. Izawa Tadashi [ja] Izawa Tadashi (伊沢正) (September 3, 2008 - August 26, 2011)^[4]
8. Sakata Toichi [ja] Sakata Tōichi (坂田東一) (September 1, 2011 - August 29, 2014)^[4]
9. Sumi Shigeki [ja] Sumi Shigeki (角茂樹) (August 29, 2014 - November 26, 2018)^[4][11]
10. Kurai Takashi Kurai Takashi (倉井高志) (December 4, 2018 - August 27, 2021) Inaugurated as of 23 January 2019.^[4][12][1]
11. Matsuda Kuninori [Wikidata] Matsuda Kuninori (松田邦紀) (August 27, 2021 - October 2024)^[1][2][4]

See also

• Embassy of Ukraine in Japan