List of Chiefs of Mission
The following is a list of chiefs of mission.
Resident Ministers
- Townsend Harris (Presented credentials, November 5, 1859–Presented recall, April 26, 1862)
- Robert H. Pruyn (Presented credentials, May 17, 1862-Left Japan, April 28, 1865)
- Chauncey Depew (commissioned during a recess of Senate; declined appointment)
- Robert B. Van Valkenburgh (Presented credentials, May 4, 1867–Presented recall, November 11, 1869)
- Charles E. DeLong (Presented credentials, November 11, 1869-promoted to Envoy)
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
| Name | Presented credentials | End of term | End of date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles E. DeLong | June 9, 1872 | Farewell address | October 7, 1873 |
| John Bingham | October 7, 1873 | Presented recall | July 2, 1885 |
| Richard B. Hubbard | July 2, 1885 | Presented recall | May 15, 1889 |
| John Franklin Swift | May 15, 1889 | Died at post | March 10, 1891 |
| Frank Coombs | June 13, 1892 | Presented recall | July 14, 1893 |
| Edwin Dun | July 14, 1893 | Presented recall | July 2, 1897 |
| Alfred Buck | June 3, 1898 | Died at post | December 4, 1902 |
| Lloyd Carpenter Griscom | June 22, 1903 | Left Japan | November 19, 1905 |
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
| Name | Presented credentials | End of term | End of date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luke E. Wright | May 26, 1906 | Left Japan | August 13, 1907 |
| Thomas J. O'Brien | October 15, 1907 | Left Post | August 31, 1911 |
| Charles Page Bryan | November 22, 1911 | Left Post | October 1, 1912 |
| Larz Anderson | February 1, 1913 | Left Japan | March 15, 1913 |
| George W. Guthrie | August 7, 1913 | Died at post | March 8, 1917 |
| Roland Morris | October 30, 1917 | Left Japan | May 15, 1920 |
| Charles B. Warren | September 24, 1921 | Left Japan | January 28, 1922 |
| Cyrus Woods | July 21, 1923 | Left Japan | June 5, 1924 |
| Edgar Bancroft | November 19, 1924 | Died at post | July 27, 1925 |
| Charles MacVeagh | December 9, 1925 | Left Japan | December 6, 1928 |
| William Castle, Jr. | January 24, 1930 | Left Japan | May 27, 1930 |
| W. Cameron Forbes | September 15, 1930 | Left Japan | March 22, 1932 |
| Joseph Grew | June 14, 1932 | American declaration of war | December 8, 1941 |
| William J. Sebald | 1945 | 1952 | |
| Robert D. Murphy | May 9, 1952 | Relinquished Charge | April 28, 1953 |
| John M. Allison | May 28, 1953 | Left Post | February 2, 1957 |
| Douglas MacArthur II | February 25, 1957 | Left Post | March 12, 1961 |
| Edwin Reischauer | April 27, 1961 | Left Post | August 19, 1966 |
| U. Alexis Johnson | November 8, 1966 | Left Post | January 15, 1969 |
| Armin H. Meyer | July 3, 1969 | Left Post | March 27, 1972 |
| Robert Stephen Ingersoll | April 12, 1972 | Left Post | November 8, 1973 |
| James D. Hodgson | July 19, 1974 | Left Post | February 2, 1977 |
| Mike Mansfield | June 10, 1977 | Left Post | December 22, 1988 |
| Michael Armacost | May 15, 1989 | Left Post | July 19, 1993 |
| Walter Mondale | September 21, 1993 | Left Post | December 15, 1996 |
| Thomas S. Foley | November 19, 1997 | Left Post | April 1, 2001 |
| Howard Henry Baker, Jr. | July 5, 2001 | Farewell address | February 17, 2005 |
| Tom Schieffer | April 11, 2005 | Left Post | January 20, 2009 |
| John Roos | August 20, 2009 |
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