who is the japanese ambassador to the us
Shinsuke J. Sugiyama
title: William F. Hagerty text: William F. Hagerty William Francis Hagerty IV (born August 14, 1959) is an American private equity investor who currently serves as the United States Ambassador to Japan. He was previously the managing director and co-founder of Hagerty Peterson & Company, a private equity investment firm. On March 27, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Hagerty to serve as United States Ambassador to Japan, succeeding Obama appointee Caroline Kennedy. On July 27, 2017, Vice President Mike Pence administered the oath of office to Hagerty, who became the 30th United States Ambassador to Japan. Hagerty is a native of Nashville, Tennessee, and graduated title: William F. Hagerty text: Republican nomination of Donald Trump, he was selected in August 2016 as director of appointments for Trump's presidential transition team. Hagerty was nominated to be the United States Ambassador to Japan by President Donald Trump. He was confirmed on July 13, 2017, by the United States Senate in an 86–12 vote. He was sworn in as the 30th U.S. Ambassador to Japan on July 27, 2017. Prior to his confirmation as U.S. Ambassador to Japan, Hagerty was reportedly also under consideration for the post of U.S. Trade Representative, based on his prior international trade and U.S. foreign investment experience. William title: Embassy of the United States, Tokyo text: Embassy of the United States, Tokyo The Embassy of the United States in Tokyo represents the United States in Tokyo, Japan. Along with consulates in Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, and Naha, the Embassy provides assistance to American citizens and residents who live in Japan and issues visas to Japanese nationals, and legal residents in Japan who wish to visit or immigrate to the United States. William F. Hagerty, the current Ambassador to Japan, was sworn in on July 27, 2017. Jason P. Hyland became Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy Tokyo in July 2014. Hyland became Chargé d'Affaires ad interim title: Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. text: Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. The Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of Japan to the United States. It is located at 2520 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, D.C., in the Embassy Row neighborhood. In addition to serving as Japan's diplomatic mission in the United States, the embassy provides Japanese consular services to residents of the District of Columbia, Virginia, and Maryland. The incumbent Ambassador of Japan to the United States is Kenichirō Sasae, who presented his credentials in November 2012. Ichirō Fujisaki served as ambassador from 2008 to October 2012. The embassy was designed by title: Japanese Embassy to the United States text: Japanese Embassy to the United States The was dispatched in 1860 by the Tokugawa shogunate (bakufu). Its objective was to ratify the new Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between the United States and Japan, in addition to being Japan’s first diplomatic mission to the United States since the 1854 opening of Japan by Commodore Matthew Perry. Another significant facet of the mission was the bakufu’s dispatch of a Japanese warship, the "Kanrin Maru", to accompany the delegation across the Pacific and thereby demonstrate the degree to which Japan had mastered Western navigation techniques and ship technologies barely six years