Former Ambassador of Japan to the People's Republic of China
Chairman, Miyamoto Institute of Asian Research
Yuji Miyamoto
1946 |
Born in Fukuoka, Japan on July 3 |
1969 | Graduated from Kyoto University, Department of Law Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MOFA) |
1970 | Studied in Taiwan |
1973 | Received M.A. degree in East Asian History from Harvard University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences |
1973 | China and Mongolia Division, MOFA |
1975 |
Development Cooperation Division, MOFA |
1978 | First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations |
1981 | First Secretary, Embassy of Japan, Beijing, China |
1983 | Deputy Director, Soviet Union Division, MOFA |
1985 | Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Division, MOFA |
1987 | Private Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs |
1989 | Director of the Policy Planning Division, MOFA |
1990 | Director of the China and Mongolia Division, MOFA |
1991 | Research Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies(IISS), London |
1992 | Vice-president of the Foreign Service Training Institute, MOFA |
1994 | Consul-General, Consulate General of Japan in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. |
1997 | Minister and then Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China |
2001 | Ambassador, Director-General for Arms Control and Scientific Affairs, MOFA |
2002 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Union of Myanmar |
2004 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in charge of Okinawan Affairs, Representative of the Government of Japan |
2006 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China |
2010 | Retired, Adviser to MOFA (until March 2011) |
2011 | Chairman of Miyamoto Institute of Asian Research |
2012 | Vice President of Japan-China Friendship Center |
Published Works: | |
Japan-China Relations: From Now ON (Kore Kara, Chūgoku to Dō Tsukiauka) Nikkei Publishing, Inc. On Changing Myanmar (Gekiryu Myanmar wo Yomitoku) Tokyo Shoseki Co.,Ltd. |