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from the
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Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the n ...
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History

Since the opening of Japan by
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Matthew C. Perry, in 1854, the U.S. has maintained
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with Japan, except for the ten-year period between the
attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii ...
in 1941 (and the subsequent
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on Japan by the United States) and the signing of the
Treaty of San Francisco The , also called the , re-established peaceful relations between Japan and the Allied Powers on behalf of the United Nations by ending the legal state of war and providing for redress for hostile actions up to and including World War II. It w ...
, which normalized relations between the United States and Japan. The United States maintains an embassy in Tokyo, with consulates-general in
Osaka is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
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Nagoya is the largest city in the Chūbu region, the fourth-most populous city and third most populous urban area in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020. Located on the Pacific coast in central Honshu, it is the capital and the most po ...
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Sapporo ( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...
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Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since anc ...
, and Naha. Due to the significance of the relations between the two countries in recent years on trade and defense, with Japan being described by the United States State Department as "the cornerstone of the U.S. security interests in Asia," the post has been held by many significant American politicians, including Mike Mansfield,
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, Tom Foley and
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List of chiefs of mission

The following is a list of chiefs of mission. Resident ministers # Townsend Harris (presented credentials, November 5, 1859 – presented recall, April 26, 1862) # Robert H. Pruyn (presented credentials, May 17, 1862 – left Japan, April 28, 1865) #
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(commissioned during a recess of Senate; declined appointment) # Robert B. Van Valkenburgh (presented credentials, May 4, 1867 – presented recall, November 11, 1869) #
Charles E. DeLong Charles Egbert DeLong (August 13, 1832 – October 26, 1876) was an American diplomat who served as the United States United States Ambassador to Japan, Envoy to Japan during the mid-19th century.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "De Long, Char ...
(presented credentials, November 11, 1869 – promoted to envoy, June 9, 1872) Envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary Ambassadors extraordinary and plenipotentiary


Notes


See also

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Ambassadors of the United States Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve as the country's diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large. Under Article II, Section 2 of the U.S ...
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Japanese Ambassador to the United States The ambassador of Japan to the United States has existed since 1860, interrupted by disagreements and wars during World War II. Koji Tomita is the current Japanese ambassador to the United States, having presented his credentials on March 28, 201 ...
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Embassy of the United States in Tokyo The Embassy of the United States in Tokyo (駐日アメリカ合衆国大使館 ''Chū Ni~Tsu Amerikagasshūkoku taishikan'') represents the United States in Tokyo, Japan. Along with consulates in Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, and Naha, the ...
* Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. *
Foreign relations of the United States The United States has formal diplomatic relations with most nations. This includes all UN member and observer states other than Bhutan, Iran, North Korea and Syria, and the UN observer State of Palestine, the last of which the U.S. does not rec ...
* Foreign relations of Japan *
Japan–United States relations International relations between Japan and the United States began in the late 18th and early 19th century with the diplomatic but Unequal treaty#Japan and Korea, force-backed missions of U.S. ship captains James Glynn and Matthew C. Perry to th ...
**
Convention of Kanagawa The Convention of Kanagawa, also known as the Kanagawa Treaty (, ''Kanagawa Jōyaku'') or the Japan–US Treaty of Peace and Amity (, ''Nichibei Washin Jōyaku''), was a treaty signed between the United States and the Tokugawa Shogunate on March ...
** Treaty of Amity and Commerce (United States–Japan) ** Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan **
Treaty of San Francisco The , also called the , re-established peaceful relations between Japan and the Allied Powers on behalf of the United Nations by ending the legal state of war and providing for redress for hostile actions up to and including World War II. It w ...
** Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan **
United States Forces Japan is a subordinate unified command of the United States Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM). It was activated at Fuchū Air Station in Tokyo, Japan, on 1 July 1957 to replace the Far East Command. USFJ is commanded by the Commander, US Forces ...
** U.S.–Japan Status of Forces Agreement


References


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External links


United States Department of State: Chiefs of Mission for Japan

United States Department of State: Japan

United States Embassy in Tokyo
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