List of diplomatic missions of Japan
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This is a list of diplomatic missions of Japan. Japan sent ambassadors to the Tang Chinese court in Xi'an since 607 AD, as well as to the Koryo and Joseon dynasties of early Korea.[1] For centuries, early modern Japan did not actively seek to expand its foreign relations. The first Japanese ambassadors to a Western country travelled to Spain in 1613. Japan did not open an embassy in the United States (in Washington, D.C.) until 1860.

Honorary consulates are excluded from this listing.
Current missions
Africa
- Embassy in Accra
- Embassy in Nairobi
Americas
- Building hosting the embassy in Bogotá
- Embassy in Bridgetown
- Building hosting the embassy in Buenos Aires
- Building hosting the embassy in Caracas
- Building hosting the Embassy in Guatemala City
- Emsbassy in Lima
- Consulate-General in Manaus
- Building hosting the Consulate-General in Rio de Janeiro
- Building hosting the embassy in Mexico City
- Embassy in Montevideo
- Building hosting the consulate-general in Toronto
- Building hosting the consulate-general in Vancouver
- Embassy in Santiago de Chile
- Embassy in Washington, D.C.
- Building hosting the consulate-general in Chicago
- Building hosting the consulate-general in Denver
- Building hosting the Consulate-General in Houston
- Building hosting the consular office in Portland
- Building hosting the consulate-general in San Francisco
- Building hosting the consular office in Tamuning
Asia
- Embassy in Bandar Seri Begawan
- Embassy in Bangkok
- Embassy in Beijing
- Building hosting the consulate-general in Hong Kong
- Building hosting the consulate-general in Qingdao
- Building hosting the consular office in Erbil
- Embassy in Hanoi
- Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City
- Building hosting the consulate-general in Istanbul
- Embassy in Kuala Lumpur
- Building hosting the consulate-general in George Town, Penang
- Consulate-General in Surabaya
- Building hosting the Exchange Association in Taipei
- Embassy in Tbilisi
- Building hosting the embassy in Tel Aviv
- Embassy in Ulaanbaatar
- Embassy in Yerevan
Europe
- Embassy in Berlin
- Consulate-General in Hamburg
- Building hosting the consulate-general in Frankfurt
- Building hosting the embassy in Bratislava
- Embassy in Copenhagen
- Building hosting the embassy in Dublin
- Embassy in The Hague
- Building hosting the Embassy in Helsinki
- Embassy in Kyiv
- Consulate-General in Edinburgh
- Embassy in Madrid
- Consulate-General in Saint Petersburg
- Building hosting the consulate-general in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
- Embassy in Oslo
- Embassy in Paris
- Embassy in Prague
- Former Embassy to the Holy See in Rome
- Embassy in Rome
- Building hosting the consulate-general in Milan
- Embassy in Sarajevo
- Building hosting the embassy in Skopje
- Embassy in Stockholm
- Embassy in Tallinn
- Embassy in Vienna
- Embassy in Vilnius
- Embassy in Warsaw
- Embassy in Zagreb
Oceania
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canberra | Embassy | [2][28] | ||
| Brisbane | Consulate-General | [2][28] | ||
| Melbourne | Consulate-General | [2][28] | ||
| Perth | Consulate-General | [2][28] | ||
| Sydney | Consulate-General | [2][28] | ||
| Cairns | Consular office | [2][28] | ||
| Suva | Embassy | [2][28] | ||
| Tarawa | Embassy | [2][28] | ||
| Majuro | Embassy | [2][28] | ||
| Kolonia | Embassy | [2][28] | ||
| Wellington | Embassy | Countries: |
[2][28] | |
| Auckland | Consulate-General | [2][28] | ||
| Christchurch | Consular office | [2][28] | ||
| Koror | Embassy | [2][28] | ||
| Port Moresby | Embassy | [2][28] | ||
| Apia | Embassy | [2][28] | ||
| Honiara | Embassy | [2][28] | ||
| Nukuʻalofa | Embassy | [2][28] | ||
| Port Vila | Embassy | [2][28] |
- Embassy in Canberra
- Building hosting the consulate-general in Brisbane
- Building hosting the consulate-general in Sydney
- Building hosting the consular office in Cairns
- Building hosting the embassy in Wellington
Multilateral organisations
| Organization | Host city | Host country | Mission | Concurrent accreditation | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | Mission[a] | [2][29] | ||
| Jakarta | Indonesia | Mission | [2][30] | ||
| Conference on Disarmament | Geneva | Switzerland | Delegation | [2][31] | |
| Brussels | Belgium | Mission | [2][32] | ||
| Montreal | Canada | Delegation | [2][33] | ||
| Brussels | Belgium | Mission | [2][34] | ||
| Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [2][35] | ||
| New York City | United States | Permanent Mission | [2][36] | ||
| Geneva | Switzerland | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: |
[2][37] | |
| Vienna | Austria | Permanent Mission | International Organizations: |
[2][38] | |
| Paris | France | Permanent Delegation | [2][39] |
Embassies to open
Closed missions
Africa
Americas
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edmonton | Consulate-General | 2005 | [46] | |
| Kansas City | Consulate-General | 2004 | [47] | |
| New Orleans | Consulate-General | 2008 | [48][49] | |
| Tacoma | Consulate | 1901 | [50] |
Asia
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khorramshahr | Consulate-General | 1997[note 3] | [51] | |
| Almaty | Consular office | 2014 | [52] | |
| Johor Bahru | Consular office | 2014 | [53] | |
| Gaza City | Representative office[f] | 2007 | [54] | |
| Saigon | Embassy[g] | 1976 | [55] | |
| Aden | Embassy | Unknown | [56][57] | |
| Sana'a | Embassy[h] | 2015 | [58] | |
| Tianjin | Consulate-General | 1946 | [59] | |
| Hangzhou | Consular office | 1945 | [60] |
Europe
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonn | Embassy branch office[i] | 2002 | [61] | |
| Venice | Embassy[j] | 1945 or sooner | [62] | |
| Kaunas | Consulate[k] | 1940 | [63] | |
| Rzeszów | Embassy liaison office[l] | 2023 | [64] | |
| Nakhodka | Consulate-General | 1993 | [65] |
Oceania
| Host country | Host city | Mission | Year closed | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Townsville | Consulate | 1908 | [66] |
See also
Notes
- The Japanese Embassy to the Holy See is located outside Vatican territory in Rome.
- Temporarily closed in 1990 due to the outbreak of the First Liberian Civil War, was officially declared closed in 2004.
- Temporarily closed in 1981 due to the outbreak of the Iran–Iraq War, was officially declared closed in 1997.
- The Baltic states, were occupied and annexed by the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1941, prompting the closure of missions accredited to Lithuania. From 1941 to 1945, the Baltic states were occupied by Nazi Germany, before finally being re-annexed by the Soviet Union after the Second World War.
- Accredited as an observer mission.
- Resident in Yaonde, Centre, Cameroon
- Continues as an embassy in Abuja.
- Continues as a representative office in Ramallah.
- Continues as a consulate-general nowadays.
- Continues as an embassy in Berlin nowadays.