# List of ambassadors of Japan to France

The List of Japanese ambassadors to France started when Sameshima Naonobu presented his credentials to the French government in 1870.

## List

This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats.
| Inaugural date | Official position (Japanese) | Official position | Name (Japanese) | Name |
| October 3, 1870 | 少弁務使 | Chargé d'affaires | 鮫島 尚信 | Sameshima Naonobu |
| May 3, 1872 | 中弁務使 | Minister resident | 鮫島 尚信 | Sameshima Naonobu |
| October 14, 1872 | 弁理公使 | Minister resident | 鮫島 尚信 | Sameshima Naonobu |
| November 22, 1873 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 鮫島 尚信 | Sameshima Naonobu |
| April 25, 1874 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 中野 健明 | Nakano Takeaki |
| January 12, 1878 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 鮫島 尚信 | Sameshima Naonobu |
| December 5, 1880 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 鈴木 貫一 | Suzuki Kanichi |
| July 20, 1881 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 井田 譲 | Ida Yuzuru |
| March 9, 1883 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 光妙寺 三郎 | Kōmyōji Saburō |
| May 20, 1883 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 蜂須賀 茂韶 | Hachisuka Mochiaki |
| September 23, 1886 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 原 敬 | Hara Takashi |
| June 4, 1887 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 田中 不二麿 | Tanaka Fujimaro |
| April 18, 1890 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 大山 綱介 | Oyama Tsunasuke |
| August 18, 1891 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 野村 靖 | Nomura Yasushi |
| March 18, 1893 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 加藤 恒忠 | Katō Tsunetada |
| September 11, 1893 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 曾禰 荒助 | Sone Arasuke |
| March 27, 1897 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 佐藤 愛麿 | Satō Aimaro |
| June 21, 1897 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 栗野 慎一郎 | Kurino Shinichirō |
| February 1, 1900 | 臨時代理公使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 秋月 左都夫 | Akizuki Satsuo |
| March 8, 1902 | 特命全権公使 | Minister Plenipotentiary | 本野 一郎 | Motono Ichirō |
| March 7, 1906 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 田付 七太 | Tatsuke Shichita |
| May 26, 1906 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 栗野 慎一郎 | Kurino Shinichirō |
| October 6, 1911 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 安達 峰一郎 | Adachi Mineichirō |
| July 7, 1912 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 石井 菊次郎 | Ishii Kikujirō |
| September 4, 1915 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 田付 七太 | Tatsuke Shichita |
| February 22, 1916 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 松井 慶四郎 | Matsui Keishirō |
| September 25, 1920 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 長岡 春一 | Nagaoka Harukazu |
| September 30, 1920 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 石井 菊次郎 | Ishii Kikujirō |
| October 6, 1922 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 松田 道一 | Matsuda Michikazu |
| June 10, 1923 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 石井 菊次郎 | Ishii Kikujirō |
| September 2, 1927 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 河合 博之 | Kawai Hiroyuki |
| February 18, 1928 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 安達 峰一郎 | Adachi Mineichirō |
| February 13, 1930 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 河合 博之 | Kawai Hiroyuki |
| June 16, 1930 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 芳沢 謙吉 | Yoshizawa Kenkichi |
| December 27, 1931 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 栗山 茂 | Kuriyama Shigeru |
| March 18, 1932 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 長岡 春一 | Nagaoka Harukazu |
| August 16, 1933 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 沢田 廉三 | Sawada Renzō |
| December 20, 1933 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 佐藤 尚武 | Satō Naotake |
| July 5, 1934 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 三谷 隆信 | Mitani Takanobu |
| December 9, 1934 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 佐藤 尚武 | Satō Naotake |
| December 7, 1936 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 三谷 隆信 | Mitani Takanobu |
| March 14, 1937 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 内山 岩太郎 | Uchiyama Iwatarō |
| July 24, 1937 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 杉村 陽太郎 | Sugimura Yōtarō |
| December 14, 1938 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 宮崎 勝太郎 | Miyazaki Katsutarō |
| December 17, 1939 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 沢田 廉三 | Sawada Renzō |
| September 26, 1940 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 原田 健 | Harada Ken |
| May 10, 1941 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 加藤 外松 | Katō Sotomatsu |
| February 12, 1942 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 原田 健 | Harada Ken |
| April 18, 1942 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 三谷 隆信 | Mitani Takanobu |
| | | During the summer of 1944, Mitani departed France with the Petain government, which effectively ceased to exist (although Vichy diplomatic and colonial officials remained at post in Japan and Indochina). Free France had declared war on Japan on December 9, 1941. Formal diplomatic relations with the French Republic were restored when the San Francisco Peace Treaty came into effect on April 28, 1952. |
| December 16, 1950 | 在パリ在外事務所長 | Chief of the Japanese Government's Overseas Agency in Paris | 萩原 徹 | Hagiwara Toru |
| April 28, 1952 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 萩原 徹 | Hagiwara Toru |
| June 12, 1952 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 西村 熊雄 | Nishimura Kumao |
| December 12, 1956 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 松井 明 | Matsui Akira |
| January 24, 1957 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 古垣 鉄郎 | Furukaki Tetsurō |
| July 30, 1961 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 北原 秀雄 | Kitahara Hideo |
| September 9, 1961 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 萩原 徹 | Hagiwara Toru |
| July 18, 1967 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 佐藤 正二 | Satō Shōji |
| September 13, 1967 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 松井 明 | Matsui Akira |
| July 27, 1970 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 松永 信雄 | Matsunaga Nobuo |
| September 18, 1970 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 中山 賀博 | Nakayama Yoshirō |
| February 5, 1975 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 武藤 利昭 | Muto Toshiaki |
| April 4, 1975 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 北原 秀雄 | Kitahara Hideo |
| February 19, 1979 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 大嶋 鋭男 | Oshima Toshio |
| March 19, 1979 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 井川 克一 | Ikawa Katsuichi |
| January 25, 1982 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 西川 健彦 | Nishikawa Takehiko |
| February 9, 1982 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 内田 宏 | Uchida Hiroshi |
| December 7, 1984 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 苅田 吉夫 | Karita Yoshio |
| December 15, 1984 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 本野 盛幸 | Motono Moriyuki |
| November 9, 1988 | 臨時代理大使 | Chargé d'affaires ad interim | 佐藤 俊一 | Satō Shunichi |
| December 28, 1988 | 特命全権大使 | Ambassador | 木内 昭胤 | Kiuchi Akitane |