Embassy Of Japan In London
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The Embassy of Japan in London is the diplomatic mission of
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 north ...
in the United Kingdom. The embassy occupies a large
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building on
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opposite Green Park, which is
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. It was once the former
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, which was the first building in London to have its exterior entirely clad in marble.


Role

The Japanese embassy performs a sustaining role in Japan–United Kingdom relations, dealing with political, economic and cultural interaction between the two nations, and also offers visa services to British and other nationals in UK. It also provides consular services for the more than 66,000 Japanese citizens currently living in UK. Scotland and northwest England are under the jurisdiction of the Consulate-General of Japan in Edinburgh. The embassy also houses the Public Relations and Cultural Centre Library which was established for the purpose of promoting Japan in the UK. The library houses approximately 3,800 books on Japanese-British history and Japanese culture; it also stocks Japanese newspapers, DVDs and music. Books can be borrowed from the library.


See also

* British Embassy, Tokyo * Foreign relations of Japan *
Japanese community of London Japanese nationals residing in London, in common with members of the wider Japanese community in the United Kingdom, include business professionals and their dependents on limited term employment visas, trainees, young people participating in t ...
* Japanese School in London * Japan–United Kingdom relations * Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)


References


External links

* London
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 north ...
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