The Ambassador from New Zealand to Japan is

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's foremost

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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 ...

, and in charge of New Zealand's

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in Japan. The embassy is located in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

, Japan's capital city. New Zealand has maintained a resident

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in Japan since 1958, and a resident

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since 1947.

List of heads of mission

Government Trade Representatives in Japan

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(1947–1952)

Chargés d'Affaires in Japan

(1952–1956)

Minister in Japan

John S. Reid John Stanhope Reid (25 March 1901 – 24 August 1985) was a New Zealand lawyer, public servant and diplomat. He served as first United Nations Resident Representative in Indonesia (1952–53), and New Zealand Ambassador to Tokyo (1956-61) and H ...

(1956–1958)

Ambassadors to Japan

(1958–1961) * Ted Taylor (1961–1965) *

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(1965–1969) *

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(1969–1972) * Tom Larkin (1972–1976) * Rod Miller (1976–1983) * Graham Ansell (1983–1984) * Roger Peren (1984–1987) *

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(1987–1988) * Rod Gates (1988–1992) *

David McDowell David M. McDowell (1963–2014)
David McDowell (1963 - 2 ...

(1992–1994) *

Maarten Wevers Sir Maarten Laurens Wevers (born 24 March 1952) is a New Zealand diplomat and public servant, who served as New Zealand's High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea and Ambassador to Japan. He was the Chief Executive of the Department of the Pri ...

(1994–1998) *

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(1998–1999) * Phillip Gibson (1999–2005) * John A. McArthur (2005–2007) *

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(2007–2012) * Mark Sinclair (2012–2016) * Stephen Payton (2016–2019) * Hamish Cooper (2019–present)Appointment of new Ambassador to Japan , Beehive.govt.nz
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References

New Zealand Heads of Overseas Missions: Japan
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved on 2008-03-29. {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Ambassadors From New Zealand To Japan Japan, Ambassadors from New Zealand to