Diplomatic missions of Japan

Japan had been sending ambassadors to the Tang Chinese court in Xian since 607 AD, [http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=2012&HistoryID=ab84] but for centuries early modern Japan did not actively seek to expand its foreign relations. The first Japanese ambassadors to a Western country traveled to Spain in 1613. All five converted to Christianity and were promptly executed upon their return Fact|date=July 2008, bans on Christianity having been imposed in their absence. It was not until 1860 that Japan opened an embassy in Washington, D.C.

Listed below are all Japan's diplomatic missions abroad, excluding any honorary consulates: [http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/over/index.html]

Europe

*Flag|Austria
**Vienna (Embassy)
*flag|Azerbaijan
**Baku (Embassy)
*flag|Belarus
**Minsk (Embassy)
*flag|Belgium
**Brussels (Embassy)
*flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina
**Sarajevo (Embassy)
*Flag|Bulgaria
**Sofia (Embassy)
*Flag|Croatia
**Zagreb (Embassy)
*flag|Czech Republic
**Prague (Embassy)
*Flag|Denmark
**Copenhagen (Embassy)
*Flag|Estonia
**Tallinn (Embassy)
*Flag|Finland
**Helsinki (Embassy)
*Flag|France
**Paris (Embassy)
**Marseilles (Consulate-General)
**Strasbourg (Consulate-General)
*Flag|Georgia
**Tbilisi (Embassy) "planned"
*flag|Germany
**Berlin (Embassy)
**Dusseldorf (Consulate-General)
**Frankfurt (Consulate-General)
**Hamburg (Consulate-General)
**Munich (Consulate-General)
*Flag|Greece
**Athens (Embassy)
*Flag|Holy See
**Vatican City (Embassy)
*Flag|Hungary
**Budapest (Embassy)
*flag|Iceland
**Reykjavík (Embassy)
*Flag|Ireland
**Dublin (Embassy)
*flag|Italy
**Rome (Embassy)
**Milan (Consulate-General)
*Flag|Latvia
**Riga (Embassy)
*flag|Lithuania
**Vilnius (Embassy)
*Flag|Luxembourg
**Luxembourg (Embassy)
*Flag|Netherlands
**The Hague (Embassy)
*flag|Norway
**Oslo (Embassy)
*flag|Poland
**Warsaw (Embassy)
*Flag|Portugal
**Lisbon (Embassy)
*Flag|Romania
**Bucharest (Embassy)
*Flag|Russia
**Moscow (Embassy)
**Khabarovsk (Consulate-General)
**Saint Petersburg (Consulate-General)
**Vladivostok (Consulate-General)
**Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk (Consulate-General)
*Flag|Serbia
**Belgrade (Embassy)
*Flag|Slovakia
**Bratislava (Embassy)
*Flag|Slovenia
**Ljubljana (Embassy)
*Flag|Spain
**Madrid (Embassy)
**Barcelona (Consulate-General)
*Flag|Sweden
**Stockholm (Embassy)
*Flag|Switzerland
**Berne (Embassy)
**Geneva (Consulate-General)
*Flag|Ukraine
**Kiev (Embassy)
*Flag|United Kingdom
**London (Embassy)
**Edinburgh (Consulate-General)

North America

*Flag|Canada
**Ottawa (Embassy)
**Calgary (Consulate-General)
**Montreal (Consulate-General)
**Toronto (Consulate-General)
**Vancouver (Consulate-General)
*Flag|Costa Rica
**San José (Embassy)
*Flag|Cuba
**Havana (Embassy)
*Flag|Dominican Republic
**Santo Domingo (Embassy)
*Flag|El Salvador
**San Salvador (Embassy)
*Flag|Guatemala
**Guatemala City (Embassy)
*flag|Haiti
**Port-au-Prince (Embassy)
*Flag|Honduras
**Tegucigalpa (Embassy)
*Flag|Jamaica
**Kingston (Embassy)
*Flag|Mexico
**Mexico City (Embassy)
*Flag|Nicaragua
**Managua (Embassy)
*Flag|Panama
**Panama City (Embassy)
*Flag|Trinidad and Tobago
**Port of Spain (Embassy)
*Flag|United States
**Washington, D.C. (Embassy)
**Atlanta (Consulate-General)
**Boston (Consulate-General)
**Chicago (Consulate-General)
**Denver (Consulate-General)
**Detroit (Consulate-General)
**Honolulu (Consulate-General)
**Houston (Consulate-General)
**Los Angeles (Consulate-General)
**Miami (Consulate-General)
**Nashville (Consulate-General)
**New York City (Consulate-General)
**Portland (Consulate-General)
**San Francisco (Consulate-General)
**Seattle (Consulate-General)
**Tamuning, Guam (Consulate-General)
**Anchorage (Consular Office)
**Saipan (Consular Office)

outh America

*flag|Argentina
**Buenos Aires (Embassy)
*Flag|Bolivia
**La Paz (Embassy)
*Flag|Brazil
**Brasília (Embassy)
**Belém (Consulate-General)
**Curitiba (Consulate-General)
**Manaus (Consulate-General)
**Recife (Consulate-General)
**Rio de Janeiro (Consulate-General)
**São Paulo (Consulate-General)
**Porto Alegre (Consular Office)
*Flag|Chile
**Santiago de Chile (Embassy)
*flag|Colombia
**Bogotá (Embassy)
*flag|Ecuador
**Quito (Embassy)
*flag|Paraguay
**Asunción (Embassy)
**Encarnación (Consulate)
*flag|Peru
**Lima (Embassy)
*flag|Uruguay
**Montevideo (Embassy)
*flag|Venezuela
**Caracas (Embassy)

Asia

*flag|Afghanistan
**Kabul (Embassy)
*Flag|Bangladesh
**Dhaka (Embassy)
*flag|Brunei
**Bandar Seri Begawan (Embassy)
*Flag|Cambodia
**Phnom Penh (Embassy)
*Flag|PRC
**Beijing (Embassy)
**Chongqing (Consulate-General)
**Guangzhou (Consulate-General)
**Hong Kong (Consulate-General)
**Shanghai (Consulate-General)
**Shenyang (Consulate-General)
*flag|India
**New Delhi (Embassy)
**Bangalore (Consulate-General)
**Chennai (Consulate-General)
**Kolkata (Consulate-General)
**Mumbai (Consulate-General)
*Flag|Indonesia
**Jakarta (Embassy)
**Denpasar (Consulate-General)
**Makassar (Consulate-General)
**Medan (Consulate-General)
**Surabaya (Consulate-General)
*Flag|Kazakhstan
**Astana (Embassy)
*Flag|Republic of Korea
**Seoul (Embassy)
**Busan (Consulate-General)
**Jeju (Consulate-General)
*Flag|Kyrgyzstan
**Bishkek (Embassy)
*flag|Laos
**Vientiane (Embassy)
*Flag|Malaysia
**Kuala Lumpur (Embassy)
**Kota Kinabalu (Consulate-General)
**Penang (Consulate-General)
**Johor Bahru (Consular Office)
*flag|Mongolia
**Ulaanbaatar (Embassy)
*Flag|Myanmar
**Yangon (Embassy)
*Flag|Nepal
**Kathmandu (Embassy)
*flag|Pakistan
**Islamabad (Embassy)
**Karachi (Consulate-General)
*flag|Philippines
**Manila (Embassy)
**Cebu (Consular Office)
**Davao (Consular Office)
*flag|Singapore
**Singapore (Embassy)
*flag|Sri Lanka
**Colombo (Embassy)
*flag|ROC
**Taipei (Interchange Association)
**Kaohsiung (Interchange Association)
*Flag|Tajikistan
**Dushanbe (Embassy)
*flag|Thailand
**Bangkok (Embassy)
**Chiang Mai (Consulate-General)
*flag|Timor-Leste
**Dili (Embassy)
*Flag|Turkmenistan
**Ashkabad (Embassy)
*Flag|Uzbekistan
**Tashkent (Embassy)
*flag|Vietnam
**Hanoi (Embassy)
**Ho Chi Minh City (Consulate-General)

Middle East

*flag|Bahrain
**Manama (Embassy)
*Flag|Iran
**Tehran (Embassy)
*Flag|Iraq
**Baghdad (Embassy)
*Flag|Israel
**Tel Aviv (Embassy)
*flag|Jordan
**Amman (Embassy)
*flag|Kuwait
**Kuwait City (Embassy)
*flag|Lebanon
**Beiruit (Embassy)
*Flag|Oman
**Muscat (Embassy)
*flag|Palestinian Authority
**Ramallah (Representative Office)
*Flag|Qatar
**Doha (Embassy)
*Flag|Saudi Arabia
**Riyadh (Embassy)
**Jeddah (Consulate-General)
*Flag|Syria
**Damascus (Embassy)
*Flag|Turkey
**Ankara (Embassy)
**Istanbul (Consulate-General)
*Flag|United Arab Emirates
**Abu Dhabi (Embassy)
**Dubai (Consulate-General)
*Flag|Yemen
**Sana'a (Embassy)

Africa

*Flag|Algeria
**Algiers (Embassy)
*Flag|Angola
**Luanda (Embassy)
*Flag|Botswana
**Gabarone (Embassy) "planned"
*Flag|Burkina Faso
**Ouagadougou (Embassy) "planned"
*Flag|Cameroon
**Yaounde (Embassy)
*flag|Côte d'Ivoire
**Abidjan (Embassy)
*flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo
**Kinshasa (Embassy)
*Flag|Egypt
**Cairo (Embassy)
*flag|Ethiopia
**Addis Ababa (Embassy)
*flag|Gabon
**Libreville (Embassy)
*Flag|Ghana
**Accra (Embassy)
*flag|Kenya
**Nairobi (Embassy)
*Flag|Libya
**Tripoli (Embassy)
*flag|Madagascar
**Antananarivo (Embassy)
*flag|Malawi
**Lilongwe (Embassy)
*Flag|Mali
**Bamako (Embassy) "planned"
*Flag|Mauritania
**Nouakchott (Embassy) "planned"
*flag|Morocco
**Rabat (Embassy)
*flag|Mozambique
**Maputo (Embassy)
*flag|Nigeria
**Abuja (Embassy)
**Lagos (Embassy office)
*Flag|South Africa
**Pretoria (Embassy)
**Cape Town (Consulate-General)
*flag|Senegal
**Dakar (Embassy)
*flag|Sudan
**Khartoum (Embassy)
*flag|Tanzania
**Dar es Salam (Embassy)
*flag|Tunisia
**Tunis (Embassy)
*flag|Uganda
**Kampala (Embassy)
*Flag|Zambia
**Lusaka (Embassy)
*flag|Zimbabwe
**Harare (Embassy)

Oceania

*flag|Australia
**Canberra (Embassy)
**Brisbane (Consulate-General)
**Melbourne (Consulate-General)
**Perth (Consulate-General)
**Sydney (Consulate-General)
**Cairns (Consular Office)
*Flag|Fiji
**Suva (Embassy)
*Flag|Marshall Islands
**Majuro (Embassy)
*flag|Micronesia
**Pohnpei (Embassy)
*Flag|New Zealand
**Wellington (Embassy)
**Auckland (Consulate-General)
**Christchurch (Consular Office)
*flag|Palau
**Koror (Embassy)
*Flag|Papua New Guinea
**Port Moresby (Embassy)
*Flag|Solomon Islands
**Honiara (Embassy)
*flag|Tonga
**NukuOkinaalofa (Embassy) "planned"

Multilateral organisations

**Brussels (Delegation to the European Union)
**Geneva (Delegation to the conference on disarmament, international organisations)
**Montreal (Delegation to the International Civil Aviation Organisation)
**New York City (Permanent mission to the United Nations)
**Paris (Delegations to the OECD, UNESCO)
**Vienna (Permanent mission to international organisations)

ee also

* Wakan (Korean: "waegwan") - Japanese early modern embassy in Busan.
* Foreign relations of Japan

External References

* [http://www.mofa.go.jp The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan]

References

* [http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/over/index.html "Embassies, Consulates, Permanent Missions Overseas"] , "Ministry of Foreign Affairs", retrieved August 22, 2006
* [http://www.inn-california.com/Articles/biographic/vizcainobio.html "Inn California"] by Sebastian Vizcaino, "Inn California", retrieved August 22, 2006
* [http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=2012&HistoryID=ab84 "History of Japan"] , "Historyworld", retrieved August 22, 2006