Japan Government Official Representative Ambassador Toshihisa Takata honors the Celebration of the Honorary Consulate of Niue in Tokyo with an opening speech at the Honorary Consulate of Niue opening celebration at the Tokyo American Club

PROFESSIONAL CAREER: Toshihisa TAKATA

April 1976 Entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

July 1991 First Secretary, Mission of Japan to the European Communities

September 1993 Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Korea

January 1995 Director, Ocean Division, Economic Affairs Bureau

January 1997 Director, National Security Policy Division

Foreign Policy Bureau

April 1998 Director, Overseas Establishments Division

April 2000 Councillor, Cabinet Councillor’s Office on External Affairs

Cabinet Secretariat

January 2002 Deputy Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau

January 2003 Minister and Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Japan in Thailand

August 2005 Deputy Director-General, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau

August 2006 Deputy Director-General for International Trade Policy

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

July 2008 Director-General, International Peace Cooperation Headquarters

Cabinet Office

August 2010 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Kenya

August 2013 Ambassador in charge of Okinawan Affairs

May 2015 Ambassador of Japan to New Zealand, Samoa, and

the Cook Islands

June 2016 Ambassador of Japan to New Zealand, Samoa, the Cook Islands,

and Niue

March 2017 Ambassador of Japan to New Zealand, the Cook Islands, and Niue

October 2018 Ambassador for the Pacific Island Region

June 2022 Ambassador for Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting