The Consulate-General of Japan in Saint Petersburg is the
consulate
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of
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
,
Russia
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. It is located at 29 Nabereznaya Reki Moiki () in the
Tsentralny district of Saint Petersburg.
The building was constructed in 1851 for
Aleksey Lobanov-Rostovsky
Prince Aleksey Borisovich Lobanov-Rostovsky () ( in Voronezh Governorate – ) was a Russian politician, statesman, probably best remembered for having concluded the Li-Lobanov Treaty with China, the Peace of Constantinople (1879), Peace of Const ...
, with reconstructions and extensions in 1868 and 1875.
The decision to open a consulate-general in Leningrad, as it was then named, was taken by the Japanese cabinet following a bill passed in the
Diet
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. This happened on 30 March 1971 with effect from April 1. This was part of a consular agreement in which consulates were also opened in
Osaka
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the List of cities in Japan, third-most populous city in J ...
,
Sapporo
is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in the southwest of Hokkaido, it lies within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary of the Ishikari River. Sapporo is the capital ...
and
Nakhodka
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.
See also
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Japan–Russia relations
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Diplomatic missions in Russia
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References
External links
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Consulate-General of Japan in Saint Petersburg*
Japan–Russia relations
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...
Houses completed in 1875
Japan–Soviet Union relations
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