The extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador of Peru to the State of Japan is the official representative of the

Republic of Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

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. Until 1971, the ambassador to Japan was also accredited to

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. Both countries established relations in 1873, and 790

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arrived in Peru 20 years later in 1899. Today, Peru has the second largest Japanese population in Latin America after

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. Relations have been warm, although incidents have occurred. Before the establishment of relations,

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occurred between both countries, and after

Alberto Fujimori Alberto Kenji Fujimori Fujimori (26 July 1938 – 11 September 2024) was a Peruvian politician, professor, and engineer who served as the 54th president of Peru from 1990 to 2000.* * * * * * * Born in Lima, Fujimori was the country's fir ...

(whose presidency was marked by events such as the

Japanese embassy hostage crisis The Japanese embassy hostage crisis (, ) began on 17 December 1996 in Lima, Peru, when 14 terrorist members of the Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) took hostage hundreds of high-level diplomats, government, and military officials an ...

) faxed his resignation to the Presidency of Peru, Japan refused to extradite him as he had become a Japanese citizen, only arrested in Chile after his attempt to return to Peru. Peru severed relations with

only once, in January 1942, due to the

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during

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Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

List of ambassadors

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