Keiichi Hayashi
| Keiichi Hayashi | |
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| Ambassador of Japan to the United Kingdom | |
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Assumed office January 11, 2011 | |
| Monarch | Akihito |
| Prime Minister | Shinzō Abe |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
8 February 1951 Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Keiichi Hayashi (林 景一 Hayashi Keiichi, born 8 February 1951) is a Japanese diplomat. Since 11 January 2011, he has served as the Japanese ambassador to the United Kingdom.[1]
Biography
Keiichi Hayashi was born on 8 February 1951 in Yamaguchi Prefecture.[2]
In 1973, Hayashi stayed in Folkestone, in the UK, for three months to attend an English language school.[1] One of his English teachers was the wife of a retired diplomat, and this encouraged him to pursue a career as a diplomat.[1]
Career
In 1974, Hayashi joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[2]
From 1996, Hayashi spent three years at the Embassy in London, first as a political counsellor, and then as a political minister.[1]
He returned to the UK in 2010 as Minister Plenipotentiary to the UK.[1]
On 11 January 2011, he was appointed Japanese ambassador to the United Kingdom.[1]
Hayashi attended the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London on 29 April 2011, officially representing Japan in place of the Emperor and Empress of Japan, who had to decline following the Great East Japan earthquake of 11 March 2011.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Embassy of Japan in the UK". Uk.emb-japan.go.jp. 11 January 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- 1 2 内閣官房副長官補 [Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary]. Cabinet Secretariat (in Japanese). Japan. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
- ↑ ウィリアム英王子が結婚 キャサリン妃と新時代へ [Prince William and Catherine enter new era]. Sponichi Annex (in Japanese). Japan: Sports Nippon Newspapers. 29 April 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
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| Preceded by Shin Ebihara |
Ambassador of Japan to United Kingdom 2011-present |
Incumbent |