Japan–United Kingdom relations

Japanese - British relations

Japan

United Kingdom
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Ambassador Keiichi Hayashi Ambassador Tim Hitchens
Embassy of the United Kingdom in Japan

Japan–United Kingdom relations (日英関係 Nichieikankei) is a bilateral and diplomatic relation between Japan and the United Kingdom.

History

The history of the relationship between Japan and Britain began in 1600 with the arrival of William Adams (Adams the Pilot, Miura Anjin) on the shores of Kyushu at Usuki in Ōita Prefecture. During the Sakoku period (1641–1853), there were no relations between the two countries, but the treaty of 1854 saw the resumption of ties which, despite a hiatus during the Second World War, remain very strong up until the present day. On 3 May 2011, British Foreign Secretary William Hague said that Japan was "one of closest partners in Asia". British people have often held the view that Japan is like "the Britain of the East", due to certain cultural similarities such as the constitutional monarchy, being an island nation, driving on the left, sense of humour and a perceived emphasis on being polite whilst coming across to others as reserved.

Chronology of Japanese - British relations

William Adams (1564–1620)
The 1613 letter of King James I remitted to Tokugawa Ieyasu (Preserved in the Tokyo University archives)
Guide to the Japan–British Exhibition of 1910.
Foreign Ministers William Hague and Katsuya Okada meet in London in July 2010.

See also the chronology on the British Embassy website in Tokyo.[17]

Britons in Japan

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The chronological list of Heads of the United Kingdom Mission in Japan.

Japanese in the United Kingdom

(see article Japanese in the United Kingdom).

The family name is given in italics. Usually the family name comes first, but in modern times not so for the likes of Kazuo Ishiguro and Katsuhiko Oku, both well known in the United Kingdom.

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List of Japanese diplomatic envoys in the United Kingdom (partial list)

Ministers Plenipotentiaries

Ambassadors

See also

Notes

  1. Stephen Turnbull, "Fighting ships of the Far East (2), p 12, Osprey Publishing
  2. Notice at the Tower of London
  3. The Red Seal permit was re-discovered in 1985 by Professor Hayashi Nozomu, in the Bodleian Library. Massarella, Derek; Tytler Izumi K. (1990) "The Japonian Charters" Monumenta Nipponica, Vol. 45, No. 2, pp 189–205.
  4. Thierry Mormane : "La prise de possession de l'île d'Urup par la flotte anglo-française en 1855", Revue Cipango, "Cahiers d'études japonaises", No 11 hiver 2004 pp. 209-236.
  5. Information about 1885–87 Japanese exhibition at Knightsbridge
  6. Gowen, Robert (1971). "Great Britain and the Twenty-One Demands of 1915: Cooperation versus Effacement". The Journal of Modern History (University of Chicago) 43 (1): 76–106. ISSN 0022-2801.
  7. Gordon Lauren, Paul (1978). "Human Rights in History: Diplomacy and Racial Equality at the Paris Peace Conference". Diplomatic History 2 (3): 257–278. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7709.1978.tb00435.x.
  8. H. P. Willmott (2009). The Last Century of Sea Power: From Port Arthur to Chanak, 1894-1922. Indiana U.P. p. 496.
  9. 1 2 "Ceremonies: State visits". Official web site of the British Monarchy. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
  10. "OUTWARD STATE VISITS MADE BY THE QUEEN SINCE 1952". Official web site of the British Monarchy. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  11. http://linguanews.com/php_en_news_read.php?section=s2&idx=2321
  12. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  13. "UK: Akihito closes state visit". BBC News. 1998-05-29. Retrieved 2008-11-25.
  14. http://www.ukjapan2008.jp/
  15. "Emperor's thoughts ahead of visit to the United Kingdom". The Mainichi. 2012-05-12.
  16. "(Nearly) meeting the Emperor". Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation. 2012-05-18.
  17. http://www.uknow.or.jp/be_e/uk_japan/relations/

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