The ambassador of
Japan
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to
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
is the head of the Japanese diplomatic mission in Malaysia. The Japanese embassy is based in
Kuala Lumpur
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, the Malaysian capital. The position has the rank of
Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.
List of ambassadors
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Takakazu Kuriyama
Takakazu Kuriyama ( ja, 栗山尚一; died 1 April 2015) was a Japanese politician who served as ambassador to Malaysia and the United States.
Early life and education
Kuriyama was born in Tokyo. His father, Kuriyama Shigeru, was a diplomat and ...
, mid-1980s
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Masahiko Horie, 2007 – 2011
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Makio Miyagawa, 2014 – October 2019
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Hiroshi Oka, November 2019 – December 2021
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Takahashi Katsuhiko, December 2021 – present
See also
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Japan–Malaysia relations
Japan–Malaysia relations refers to bilateral foreign relations between the two countries, Japan and Malaysia. The earliest recorded historical relation between the two nations are the trade relations between the Malacca Sultanate and the Ryūk ...
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List of ambassadors of Malaysia to Japan
References
External links
Embassy website
Ambassadors of Japan to Malaysia
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
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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