Ambassadors
2023/12/19
Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative
 H.E. Mr. YAMAZAKI Kazuyuki
Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations |
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| 1983 | Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1997 |
First Secretary, later Counselor,
Permanent Delegation of Japan to the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France
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| 2001 | Counselor and Deputy Head of Political Section, Embassy of Japan in Washington DC, USA |
| 2003 | Director, First North America Division, North American Affairs Bureau, MOFA |
| 2005 | Chief of Staff to the Minister for Foreign Affairs |
| 2008 | Director, Coordination Section, Minister’s Secretariat, MOFA |
| 2008 | Personal Assistant to the Prime Minister ASO Taro, Prime Minister’s Office |
| 2009 | Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs of Harvard University Concurrently, Minister, Embassy of Japan in Washington DC, USA |
| 2010 | Minister and Head of Economic Section, Embassy of Japan in Beijing, China |
| 2012 | Deputy Director-General, Foreign Policy Bureau, MOFA |
| 2014 | Councillor, National Security Secretariat, Cabinet Secretariat |
| 2015 | Deputy Minister of Minister's Secretariat |
| 2017 | Senior Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 2019 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Geneva |
| 2023 | Current Post |
Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary, Deputy Permanent Representative
 H.E. Mr. MIKANAGI Tomohiro
Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations Ambassador-at-Large for Cooperation on International Law |
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| 1991 | Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 1994 | Embassy of Japan, United Kingdom |
| 1996 | Loan Aid Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau |
| 1998 | G8 Summit Office, Economic Affairs Bureau |
| 2000 | Japan-US Security Treaty Division, North American Bureau |
| 2003 | Deputy Director, International Legal Affairs Division, International Legal Affairs Bureau |
| 2007 | Political Section, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations |
| 2009 | Political Section, Embassy of Japan, China |
| 2012 | Director, UN Policy Division, Foreign Policy Bureau |
| 2013 | Director, International Legal Affairs Division, International Legal Affairs Bureau |
| 2017 | Minister, Head of Political Section, Embassy of Japan, United Kingdom |
| 2019 | Deputy Director-General (Deputy Legal Advisor), International Legal Affairs Bureau |
| 2021 | Deputy Director-General (Deputy Assistant Minister/ Deputy Legal Adviser), International Legal Affairs Bureau |
| 2022 | Legal Adviser, Director-General, International Legal Affairs Bureau |
| 2024 | Current Post |
Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative
 H.E. Mr. UMETSU Shigeru
Ambassador Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations |
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| 1988 | Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| 2003 |
First Secretary
Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Vienna
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| 2004 | Secretary Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization（CTBTO） |
| 2007 | Deputy Director Disarmament, Non-proliferation and Science Department |
| 2011 | Principal Deputy Director Economic Security Policy Division of Foreign Policy Bureau |
| 2014 | Counsellor Embassy of Japan in Ghana |
| 2017 | Counsellor Embassy of Japan in Nigeria |
| 2019 | Senior Coordinator for Personnel Affairs Personnel Division of Minister's Secretariat |
| 2021 | Minister Counsellor, Deputy Permanent Representative Delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament |
| 2024 | Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, New York |