Embassy of Japan, Kyiv explained

The Embassy of Japan in Ukraine (uk|Посольство Японії в Україні) is located in the Pechersk district of Kyiv, near the building of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine. It is being headed by an extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador.^[1]

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.^{[2] [3] [4]} 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.^[5] The embassy in Kyiv reopened in October 2022.^{[6] [7]}

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.^[8]
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)^[9]
10. Kurai Takashi (December 4, 2018 - August 27, 2021) Inaugurated as of 23 January 2019.^{[10] [11]}
11. (August 27, 2021 -)^{[11] [12]}

See also

• Embassy of Ukraine in Japan

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: List of Ambassadors of Japan in Ukraine. 2022-02-20. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. en.
2. Web site: 在ウクライナ日本国大使館リヴィウ連絡事務所の開設. 2022-02-20. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. ja.
3. News: 2022-03-02 . キエフの在ウクライナ日本国大使館を一時閉鎖＝林外相 . 2024-09-01 . Reuters . ja.
4. Web site: 2022-03-02 . 在ウクライナ日本大使館、一時閉館 首都キエフから西部リビウに移転：朝日新聞デジタル . 2024-09-01 . 朝日新聞デジタル . ja.
5. Web site: 編集部 . 2022-02-10 . 在ウクライナ日本国大使館、早期出国を改めて呼びかけ . 2024-09-01 . TRAICY（トライシー） . ja.
6. Web site: 日本テレビ . 在ウクライナ日本大使館の再開を発表 外務省｜日テレNEWS NNN . 2024-09-01 . 日テレNEWS NNN . ja-JP.
7. Web site: 日本放送協会 . 2022-10-05 . 在ウクライナ日本大使館 7か月ぶりに首都キーウでの業務再開 NHK . 2024-09-01 . NHKニュース.
8. Web site: 歴代 駐ウクライナ大使一覧. List of Japanese ambassadors to Ukraine. 2022-02-20. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. ja.
9. Web site: Президент прийняв вірчі грамоти від послів іноземних держав в Україні 01/12/2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141208203433/http://www.president.gov.ua/news/31679.html. 8 December 2014. 5 December 2014. uk.
10. https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-polytics/3328899-japanese-ambassador-completes-diplomatic-mission-in-ukraine.html Japanese ambassador completes diplomatic mission in Ukraine
11. https://www.ua.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/ambassador_list_eng.html List of Ambassadors of Japan in Ukraine
12. Japan hands over batch of new television equipment to Suspilne. . 26 January 2022. Source: Press Service of Suspilne.