List of Canadian ambassadors to Japan

List of Canadian ambassadors to Japan. Canada's third legation abroad was established in Japan in May 1929 in Tokyo with Herbert Marler as the first minister plenipotentiary to the country. Diplomatic relations had been established in December 1928. The mission was downgraded in 1938 due to the worsening international situation with the Chargé d'affaires becoming the lead official. Diplomatic relations were severed after the Japanese attack on World War II. Following the war, Canada's mission in Tokyo was accredited to the Supreme Commander Allied Powers. Formal diplomatic relations were re-established in 1952..

Ambassador	Title	Appointment date	Credentials presented	End of Term
The Honourable Sir Herbert Marler	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	January 18, 1929	September 18, 1929	July 3, 1936
The Honourable Robert Randolph Bruce	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary	May 20, 1936	November 7, 1936	December 1938
Edgar D'Arcy McGreer	Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	December 1938		December 7, 1941
Egerton Herbert Norman	Head of Mission to SCAP	July 7, 1946	August 14, 1946	October 21, 1950
Arthur Redpath Menzies	Head of Mission to SCAP	November 18, 1950		April 28, 1952
Arthur Redpath Menzies	Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	April 28, 1952		January 15, 1953
The Honourable Robert Wellington Mayhew	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 25, 1952	January 15, 1953	November 23, 1954
The Honourable Thomas Clayton Davis	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 10, 1954		March 25, 1957
James Clelland Britton	Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	November 23, 1954
Theodore Francis Moorhouse Newton	Chargé d'Affaires a.i.	March 25, 1957		September 1957
William Frederick Bull	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	April 4, 1957	September 7, 1957	January 16, 1963
Richard Plant Bower	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 5, 1962	March 18, 1963	May 4, 1966
Herbert Owen Moran	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 23, 1966	September 14, 1966	December 29, 1972
Ross Campbell	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	June 8, 1972	January 31, 1973	December 15, 1975
Bruce Irving Rankin	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	February 17, 1976	March 8, 1976	June 9, 1981
Barry Connell Steers	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 3, 1981	October 26, 1981	November 24, 1989
James Hutchings Taylor	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 7, 1989	December 12, 1989	1992
Donald Wilfred Campbell	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	January 5, 1993		September 6, 1997
Leonard J. Edwards	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	November 10, 1997		June 9, 2001
Robert G. Wright	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	May 28, 2001		2005
Joseph Caron	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	August 19, 2005		2008
Jonathan T. Fried	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September, 2008		2012
Mackenzie Clugston	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary	September 12, 2012	December 14, 2012	Present

References

Sources

Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

Canada–Japan relations

Japan

Issues	Japanese war crimes

Places	Canadian Academy Embassy of Canada, Tokyo List of Canadian ambassadors to Japan

Events	Canada WET

Canada

Issues	Japanese Canadian internment Reference re Persons of Japanese Race

Events	Powell Street Festival

Places	Embassy of Japan, Ottawa Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre Japantown, Vancouver Jodo Shinshu Buddhist Temples of Canada Kuroki, Saskatchewan Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden Nikkei Internment Memorial Centre Nitobe Memorial Garden

Organisations	Hitachi Canadian Industries Kokoro Dance Japan Canada Oil Sands Limited Sony Canada

Works	Minoru: Memory of Exile Obasan Skim Yellow Fever Warclouds in the Pacific

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