List of ambassadors of Australia to Japan
Minister to Japan

List of ambassadors of Australia to Japan

Section Title: Minister to Japan
Table Section Text: None

Name	Start of term	End of term	References

Sir John Latham	17 August 1940	8 December 1941

Suspension of relations	8 December 1941	30 March 1947

William Macmahon Ball	30 March 1947	August 1947

Patrick Shaw	August 1947	September 1949

William Roy Hodgson	September 1949	18 April 1952

Sentence(s)

From 1940 to 1941, John Latham served as Australia's first Minister to Japan.

final_sentence: From 1940 to 1941, John Latham served as Australia's first Minister to Japan.