Embassy of Japan, Kyiv

The Embassy of Japan in Ukraine (, ) is located in the Shevchenkivskyi District of Kyiv. It is being headed by an extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador.

History

Until January 19, 1993, the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine was a part-time Embassy of Japan in Moscow, Russia. On 14 February 2022, the embassy in Kyiv was temporarily closed with embassy operations relocated to a liaison office in Lviv. 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. The embassy in Kyiv reopened in October 2022.

Ambassadors to Ukraine

List of Ambassadors of Japan to Ukraine:

1. (June 12, 1992 - April 13, 1993) Office held in Moscow till 19 January 1993.
2. (April 13, 1993 - October 1, 1996)
3. (October 21, 1996 - May 28, 1999)
4. (July 21, 1999 - September 1, 2002)
5. (September 20, 2002 - September 30, 2005)
6. (October 4, 2005 - September 1, 2008)
7. (September 3, 2008 - August 26, 2011)
8. (September 1, 2011 - August 29, 2014)
9. (August 29, 2014 - November 26, 2018)
10. Kurai Takashi (December 4, 2018 - August 27, 2021) Inaugurated as of 23 January 2019.
11. (August 27, 2021 - October 2024)

See also

• Embassy of Ukraine in Japan

References

External links

• (Ukr.) Official page of the Embassy of Japan in Ukraine