Head of mission |
Tenure begins |
Tenure ends |
Japanese emperor |
Japanese prime minister |
Philippine president |
Notes |
Shōzō Murata | 1943 | 1945 | |
Hideki Tōjō Kuniaki Koiso Kantarō Suzuki Naruhiko Higashikuni Kijūrō Shidehara | Jose P. Laurel (as President of the Second Philippine Republic) Sergio Osmeña (as President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines)[a] |
Diplomatic relations were suspended until 1952 due to the surrender of Japan to the Allied forces. The post was re-established in 1952 as minister plenipotentiary. In 1956, the post was elevated to ambassador status as the Philippines and Japan resumed their diplomatic relations, and their friendship agreement was signed. |
Tōru Nakagawa | 1952 | 1953 | Hirohito |
Hitoshi Ashida Shigeru Yoshida | Elpidio Quirino |
Katsumi Ōno | 1953 | 1955 |
Shigeru Yoshida Ichirō Hatoyama | Elpidio Quirino Ramon Magsaysay |
Kōichirō Asakai[8] | 1956 | 1957 | Tanzan Ishibashi Nobusuke Kishi | Ramon Magsaysay | Recalled to the home service on 17 June 1957.[9] |
Morio Yukawa | 1957 | 1961 |
Nobusuke Kishi Hayato Ikeda |
Carlos P. Garcia |
Jun Tsuchiya | 1961 | 1962 |
Hayato Ikeda Eisaku Satō |
Diosdado Macapagal |
Osamu Itagaki | 1962 | 1965 | Credentials were presented to Diosdado Macapagal on 6 June 1962.[10] |
Harumi Takeuchi | 1965 | 1967 |
Eisaku Satō Kakuei Tanaka |
Ferdinand Marcos |
Masao Kanazawa | 1967 | 1968 |
Takeshi Yasukawa | 1968 | 1969 | Conferred the Order of Sikatuna on 18 November 1969.[11] |
Toshio Urabe | 1969 | 1974 | Conferred the Order of Sikatuna on 16 July 1974.[11] |
Masao Sawaki | 1974 | 1977 |
Takeo Miki Takeo Fukuda |
Kiyohisa Miwa | 1977 | 1979 |
Takeo Fukuda Masayoshi Ōhira Masayoshi Ito Zenkō Suzuki Yasuhiro Nakasone |
Hideho Tanaka | 1980 | 1983 |
Yoshio Okawa | 1983 | 1985 |
Yasuhiro Nakasone Noboru Takeshita |
Kiyoshi Sumiya | 1985 | 1988 | Ferdinand Marcos Corazon Aquino | Conferred the Order of Sikatuna on 16 February 1988.[12] |
Tsuneo Tanaka[13] | 1988 | 1990 | Hirohito Akihito | Noboru Takeshita Sōsuke Uno Toshiki Kaifu | Corazon Aquino | Conferred the Order of Sikatuna on 16 October 1990.[11] |
Toshio Goto[14] | 1990 | 1992 | Akihito | Toshiki Kaifu Kiichi Miyazawa | Credentials were presented to Corazon Aquino on the week of November 4–11, 1990.[14] |
Hirokazu Arai | 1992 | 1994 | Kiichi Miyazawa Morihiro Hosokawa Tsutomu Hata Tomiichi Murayama | Corazon Aquino Fidel V. Ramos |
Yoshifumi Matsuda | 1994 | 1996 | Tomiichi Murayama | Fidel V. Ramos |
Hiroyuki Yushita[15] | 1996 | 1999 |
Ryutaro Hashimoto Keizō Obuchi | Fidel V. Ramos Joseph Estrada |
Yoshihisa Ara | 1999 | 2002 | Keizō Obuchi Yoshirō Mori Junichiro Koizumi | Joseph Estrada Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | Conferred the Order of Sikatuna on 15 April 2002.[11] |
Kojiro Takano | 2002 | 2004 | Junichiro Koizumi Shinzo Abe Yasuo Fukuda | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo | Conferred the Order of Sikatuna on 13 October 2004.[11] |
Ryuichiro Yamazaki | 2004 | 2007 |
Makoto Katsura | 2007 | 2011 | Yasuo Fukuda Tarō Asō Yukio Hatoyama Naoto Kan Yoshihiko Noda | Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Benigno Aquino III | Credentials were presented to Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on 2 October 2007.[16] |
Toshinao Urabe | 2011 | 2014 | Yoshihiko Noda Shinzo Abe | Benigno S. Aquino III |
Kazuhide Ishikawa | 2014 | 2017 | Shinzo Abe Yoshihide Suga |
Benigno Aquino III Rodrigo Duterte | Credentials were presented to Benigno Aquino III on 27 November 2014.[17] |
Kouji Haneda | 2017[18][19] | 2020 | Akihito Naruhito | Rodrigo Duterte | Credentials were presented to Rodrigo Duterte on 25 October 2017.[20] |
Kazuhiko Koshikawa | 2020[21] | 2024 | Naruhito | Yoshihide Suga Fumio Kishida | Rodrigo Duterte Bongbong Marcos | Credentials were presented to Rodrigo Duterte on 14 December 2020.[22][23] |
Kazuya Endo | 2024 | present | Fumio Kishida Shigeru Ishiba | Bongbong Marcos | Credentials were presented to Bongbong Marcos on 4 April 2024.[1] |