Joseph M. Young is an American diplomat who served as the chargé d'affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy Tokyo from July 22, 2019, to June 17, 2021, after the resignation of Bill Hagerty. Young is a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service and served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo from 2017 to 2019, and as the Director for Japanese Affairs at the United States Department of State from 2012 to 2014. He served at the second time Chargé d'affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassy Tokyo from February 9 to April 18, 2025.
Young earned a bachelor's degree in classics at the Collegio Borromeo and a Master of Science in foreign service at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service.