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2025/11/25
Message from the Ambassador
Profile of the Ambassador
YONETANI Koji
Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN
Born in Osaka, Japan
Bachelor of Laws, University of Tokyo
Ambassador of Japan to ASEAN
Born in Osaka, Japan
Bachelor of Laws, University of Tokyo
| April 1989 | Entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
| July 2004 | Posted at the Embassy in Indonesia |
| January 2006 | Counsellor for Economic Affairs and Cooperation, Embassy in Indonesia |
| July 2006 | Economic Counsellor, Embassy in France |
| July 2009 - August 2013 |
Served successively as Director for Intellectual Property, for Cultural Exchange, and for Public Diplomacy Strategy |
| August 2013 | Director for Development Finance, International Bureau, Ministry of Finance |
| October 2015 | Vice President, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) |
| October 2017 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Djibouti |
| November 2020 | Deputy Director-General for Global Issues |
| January 2021 | Assistant Minister, Director-General of African Department |
| July 2021 | (Concurrently) Secretary-General for TICAD 8 |
| October 2022 | Fellow, Institute for Global Environmental Strategy (IGES) |
| October 2023 | Director-General, Refugee Assistance Headquarters |
| April 2025 | Ambassador, Secretariat for TICAD, African Affairs Department |
| October 2025 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to ASEAN |