Keiichi Hayashi
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MonarchAkihito
Prime MinisterNaoto Kan
Yoshihiko Noda
Shinzō Abe
Yoshihiko Noda
Shinzō Abe
Preceded byShin Ebihara
Succeeded byKoji Tsuruoka
Keiichi Hayashi | |
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| Ambassador of Japan to the United Kingdom | |
| In office January 11, 2011 – June 6, 2016 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Prime Minister | Naoto Kan Yoshihiko Noda Shinzō Abe |
| Preceded by | Shin Ebihara |
| Succeeded by | Koji Tsuruoka |
| Ambassador of Japan to Ireland | |
| In office 2005–2008 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Prime Minister | Junichiro Koizumi Shinzō Abe Yasuo Fukuda Tarō Asō |
| Preceded by | Takeshi Kagami |
| Succeeded by | Toshinao Urabe |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 February 1951 Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Keiichi Hayashi (林 景一, Hayashi Keiichi; born 8 February 1951) is a Japanese diplomat. From 2011 to 2016, he served as the Japanese ambassador to the United Kingdom.[1]
Keiichi Hayashi was born on 8 February 1951 in Yamaguchi Prefecture.[2]
In 1973, Hayashi stayed in Folkestone, in the UK, for three months to attend an English language school.[1] One of his English teachers was the wife of a retired diplomat, and this encouraged him to pursue a career as a diplomat.[1]
