J. Thomas Schieffer, U.S. Ambassador to Japan

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Since the opening of Japan by Commodore Matthew Perry, in 1854, the United States has maintained diplomatic relations with Japan, except for the 10 year period following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent declaration of war on Japan by the United States. Image File history File linksMetadata Schieffer. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Schieffer. ... On March 31, 1854, the Convention of Kanagawa (Japanese: 神奈川条約, Kanagawa Jōyaku, or 日米和親条約, Nichibei Washin Jōyaku) was used by Commodore Matthew Perry of the U.S. Navy to force the opening of the Japanese ports of... Matthew Calbraith Perry (1794-1858). ... Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Husband Kimmel (USN), Walter Short (USA) Chuichi Nagumo (IJN), Mitsuo Fuchida (IJNAS) (1st aerial wave), Shigekazu Shimazaki (IJNAS) (2nd aerial wave) Strength 8 battleships, 8 cruisers, 29 destroyers, 9 submarines, ~50 other ships, ~390 planes 6 aircraft carriers, 9 destroyers, 2 battleships, 2... A declaration of war is a formal declaration issued by a national government indicating that a state of war exists between that nation, and one or more others. ...

The United States maintains an embassy in Tokyo with consulates general in Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, and Naha. The U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, Japan. ... For other uses, see Osaka (disambiguation). ... Nagoya ) is the fourth largest city in Japan. ... Sapporo redirects here. ... This page is about Fukuoka, Fukuoka (福岡市), a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. ... Naha (Japanese: ; -shi) is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. ...

The current US Ambassador to Japan is John Thomas Schieffer who was nominated by President Bush on January 21, 2005 and confirmed by the Senate on March 17. Schieffer presented his credentials to the Emperor of Japan on April 11, 2005. He replaced Ambassador Howard Henry Baker, Jr. who announced his intention to retire from foreign service in December 2004. Tom Schieffer. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States, inaugurated on January 20, 2001. ... January 21 is the 21st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seal of the U.S. Senate The Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the other being the House of Representatives. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... A Letter of Credence is a formal letter sent by one head of state to another formally accrediting a named individual (usually but not always a diplomat) to be their ambassador in the country of the head of state receiving the letter of credence. ... His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Akihito. ... Sen. ...

Chiefs of Mission to Japan

Minister Resident

1. Townsend Harris (Presented credentials, November 5, 1859-Presented recall, April 26, 1862)
2. Robert Pruyn (Presented credentials, May 17, 1862-Left Japan, April 28, 1865)
3. Chauncey Depew (commissioned during a recess of Senate; declined appointment)
4. Robert Van Valkenburgh (Presented credentials, May 4, 1867-Presented recall, November 11, 1869)
5. Charles De Long (Presented credentials, November 11, 1869-promoted to Envoy)

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Townsend Harris (1804–1878) was a successful New York City merchant and minor politician, and the first United States Consul General to Japan. ... Chauncey Mitchell Depew Chauncey Depew (April 23, 1834- April 5, 1928) was a United States Senator from 1899 to 1911. ...

1. Charles De Long (Presented credentials, June 9, 1872-Farewell address, October 7, 1873)
2. John Bingham (Presented credentials, October 7, 1873-Presented recall, July 2, 1885)
3. Richard B. Hubbard (Presented credentials, July 2, 1885-Presented recall, May 15, 1889)
4. John Swift (Presented credentials, May 15, 1889-Died at post, March 10, 1891)
5. Frank Coombs (Presented credentials, June 13, 1892-Presented recall, July 14, 1893)
6. Edwin Dun (Presented credentials, July 14, 1893-Presented recall, July 2, 1897)
7. Alfred Buck (Presented credentials, June 3, 1898-Died at post, December 4, 1902)
8. Lloyd Griscom (Presented credentials, June 22, 1903-Left Japan, November 19, 1905)

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary John Bingham (1815–1900) was a Republican Congressman from Ohio, a Radical Republican, and the principal framer of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. ... Richard Bennett Hubbard, Jr. ... John Sheddon Swift (born 3 February 1852, died 28 February 1926 at Kew, Victoria) was a Victorian First-class cricketer and Test match umpire. ... Frank Coombs (December 27, 1853 - October 5, 1934) was a United States Representative from California. ...

1. Luke E. Wright (Presented credentials, May 26, 1906-Left Japan, August 13, 1907
2. Thomas O'Brian (Presented credentials, October 15, 1907-Left post, August 31, 1911
3. Charles Page Bryan (Presented credentials, November 22, 1911-Left post, October 1, 1912
4. Larz Anderson (Presented credentials, February 1, 1913-Left Japan, March 15, 1913
5. George Guthrie (Presented credentials, August 7, 1913-Died at post, March 8, 1917
6. Roland Morris (Presented credentials, October 30, 1917-Left Japan, May 15, 1920
7. Charles B. Warren (Presented credentials, September 24, 1921-Left Japan, January 28, 1922
8. Cyrus Woods (Presented credentials, July 21, 1923-Left Japan, June 5, 1924
9. Edgar Bancroft (Presented credentials, November 19, 1924-Died at Karuizawa, July 27, 1925
10. Charles MacVeagh (Presented credentials, December 9, 1925-Left Japan, December 6, 1928
11. William Castle, Jr. (Presented credentials, January 24, 1930-Left Japan, May 27, 1930
12. W. Cameron Forbes (Presented credentials, September 25, 1930-Left Japan, March 22, 1932
13. Joseph Grew (Presented credentials, June 14, 1932-Mission terminated, December 8, 1941 (The American declaration of war following the attack on Attack on Pearl Harbor severed American diplomatic ties with Japan)
14. Robert D. Murphy (Presented credentials, May 9, 1952-Relinquished charge, April 28, 1953 (Diplomatic relations were reestablished on April 28, 1952 with Ambassador Murphy in charge pending presentation of his letter of credence)
15. John M. Allison (Presented credentials, May 28, 1953-Left post, February 2, 1957)
16. Douglas MacArthur II (Presented credentials, February 25, 1957-Left post, March 12, 1961)
17. Edwin Reischauer (Presented credentials, April 27, 1961-Left post, August 19, 1966)
18. U. Alexis Johnson (Presented credentials, November 8, 1966-Left post, January 15, 1969)
19. Armin H. Meyer (Presented credentials, July 3, 1969-Left post, March 27, [1972]])
20. Robert Stephen Ingersoll (Presented credentials, April 12, 1972-Left post, November 8, 1973)
21. James D. Hodgson (Presented credentials, July 19, 1974-Left post, February 2, 1977)
22. Mike Mansfield (Presented credentials, June 10, 1977-Left post, December 22, 1988)
23. Michael Armacost (Presented credentials, May 15, 1989-Left post, July 19, 1993)
24. Walter Mondale (Presented credentials, September 21, 1993-Left post, December 15, 1996)
25. Thomas S. Foley (Presented credentials, November 19, 1998-Left post, April 1, 2001)
26. Howard Henry Baker, Jr. (Presented credentials, July 5, 2001-Farewell address, February 17, 2005)
27. John Thomas Schieffer (Presented credentials, April 11, 2005-Current)

Luke Edward Wright (1846 - 1922) was a U.S. political figure. ... Larz Anderson was a U.S. businessman and diplomat, serving as the Ambassador to Japan. ... Roland Sletor Morris (1874 - 1945) was a significant U.S. diplomat. ... Karuizawa (軽井沢町; -machi) is a town located in Kitasaku District, Nagano, Japan. ... Joseph Grew was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 27, 1880. ... Combatants Republic of China U.S.A. (from 1941) U.K. (from 1941) Australia (1941) Netherlands (1941) New Zealand (1941) Canada (1941) U.S.S.R. (from 1945) Empire of Japan Commanders Chiang Kai-shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin (from 1945) Hideki Tojo The Pacific War was... Combatants United States Empire of Japan Commanders Husband Kimmel (USN), Walter Short (USA) Chuichi Nagumo (IJN), Mitsuo Fuchida (IJNAS) (1st aerial wave), Shigekazu Shimazaki (IJNAS) (2nd aerial wave) Strength 8 battleships, 8 cruisers, 29 destroyers, 9 submarines, ~50 other ships, ~390 planes 6 aircraft carriers, 9 destroyers, 2 battleships, 2... Robert Daniel Murphy (1894 - 1978) was a U.S. diplomat. ... A Letter of Credence is a formal letter sent by one head of state to another formally accrediting a named individual (usually but not always a diplomat) to be their ambassador in the country of the head of state receiving the letter of credence. ... Douglas MacArthur II, the nephew of Gen. ... Edwin Oldfather Reischauer (October 15, 1910 - September 1, 1990) was Tokyo-born U.S. ambassador to Japan (1961-66) and the co-developer, with George M. McCune, of the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean. ... Ural Alexis Johnson (b. ... James D. Hodgson (born December 3, 1915, in Dawson, Minnesota) is an American politican. ... Mike Mansfield, Congressional portrait This article describes the American politician. ... Michael H. Armacost is a fellow at Stanford Universitys Institute for International Studies. ... Walter Frederick Fritz Mondale (born January 5, 1928) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (largely established by former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey). ... Thomas Stephen Foley (born March 26, 1929, in Spokane, Washington) is an American politician of the Democratic party, having served as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and ambassador to Japan. ... Sen. ... Tom Schieffer. ...

References

• U.S. Embassy, Tokyo
• U.S. Dep’t of State: Chiefs of Mission, Japan
• U.S. Dep’t of State: Key officers list: Japan
• U.S. Department of State