Columns: Head of mission | Tenure begins | Tenure ends | French Head of State | Japanese emperor
Jean Daridan | 1959 | 1961 | Charles de Gaulle | Hirohito | Étienne Dennery | 1961 | 1964 | Charles de Gaulle | Hirohito | François Missoffe | 1964 | 1966 | Charles de Gaulle | Hirohito | Louis de Guiringaud | 1966 | 1972 | Georges Pompidou | Hirohito | François Lefebvre de Laboulaye | 1972 | 1975 | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | Hirohito | Jean-Pierre Brunet | 1975 | 1977 | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | Hirohito | Louis Dauge | 1977 | 1979 | Valéry Giscard d'Estaing | Hirohito | Xavier Daufresne de la Chevalerie | 1979 | 1982 | François Mitterrand | Hirohito | André Ross | 1982 | 1985 | François Mitterrand | Hirohito | Gilbert Pérol | 1985 | 1987 | François Mitterrand | Hirohito | Bernard Dorin | 1987 | 1991 | François Mitterrand | Akihito | Loïc Hennekinne | 1991 | 1993 | François Mitterrand | Akihito | Jean-Bernard Ouvrieu | 1993 | 1998 | Jacques Chirac | Akihito | Maurice Gourdault-Montagne | 1998 | 2002 | Jacques Chirac | Akihito | Bernard Faubournet de Montferrand | 2002 | 2006 | Jacques Chirac | Akihito | Gildas Le Lidec | 2006 | 2007 | Jacques Chirac | Akihito