The Ambassador of Japan to the United Islands of Georgeland is Japan's official diplomatic representative to Georgeland. The position has existed since 1961, when relations between the two states were formalised. The first Japanese ambassador was a former Minister of External Affairs, Katsuo Okazaki, who presented his credentials to the President of Georgeland, Arthur Brittan, on 11 October 1961.
The ambassador is appointed by the Emperor of Japan on the recommendation of the Prime Minister.
The current ambassador, Komiyaru Shikuda, presented his credentials on 19 April 2017.
List of Japanese Ambassadors to Georgeland
No. | Ambassador | Term began | Term ended | Emperor | Prime Minister |
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1 | Katsuo Okazaki | 11 Oct 1961 | 14 May 1962 | Shōwa | Hayato Ikeda |
2 | Tetsuo Masura | 19 Aug 1962 | 11 Nov 1967 | Shōwa | Hayato Ikeda
Eisaku Satō |
3 | Kenji Akiyama | 8 Jan 1968 | 14 Feb 1971 | Shōwa | Eisaku Satō |
4 | Taro Takorano | 11 Apr 1971 | 6 Mar 1980 | Shōwa | Eisaku Satō
Kakuei Tanaka Takeo Miki Takeo Fukuda Masayoshi Ōhira |
5 | Yoshimaro Suzuki | 19 Sep 1980 | 19 Jan 1985 | Shōwa | Zenkō Suzuki
Yasuhiro Nakasone |
6 | Nikahito Samura | 28 Feb 1985 | 7 Oct 1997 | Shõwa
Heisei
|
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Noburo Takeshita Sōsuke Uno Toshiki Kaifu Kiichi Miyazawa Morihito Hosokawa Tsutomu Hata Tomiichi Murayama Ryūtarō Hashimoto |
7 | Masako Ito | 11 Feb 1998 | 27 Aug 2001 | Heisei | Ryūtarō Hashimoto
Keizō Obuchi Yoshirō Mori Junichiro Koizumi |
8 | Shigeru Ban | 10 Oct 2001 | 18 May 2005 | Heisei | Junichiro Koizumi |
9 | Hatoru Fukuyama | 10 Jul 2005 | 18 Jan 2009 | Heisei | Junichiro Koizumi
Shinzō Abe Yasuo Fukuda Tarō Asō |
10 | Shinobu Abeyama | 18 Jan 2009 | 3 Mar 2015 | Heisei | Tarō Asō
Yukiō Hatoyama Naoto Kan Yoshihiko Noda Shinzō Abe |
11 | Zenkō Mitsuhamu | 9 May 2015 | 22 Feb 2017 | Heisei | Shinzō Abe |
12 | Komiyaru Shikuda | 19 Apr 2017 | Incumbent | Heisei
Reiwa |
Shinzō Abe
Yoshihide Suga |