Embassy of China, Tokyo

Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Japan
中华人民共和国驻日本大使馆 (Chinese)
駐日中華人民共和国大使館 (Japanese)
LocationMoto-Azabu, Minato, Tokyo, Japan Japan
Coordinates35°39′23″N 139°43′48″E / 35.65639°N 139.73000°E / 35.65639; 139.73000
AmbassadorWu Jianghao
Websitejp.china-embassy.gov.cn/chn/

The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Japan (Chinese: 中华人民共和国驻日本大使馆; Japanese: 駐日中華人民共和国大使館) is the official diplomatic mission of the People's Republic of China to Japan. The current ambassador is Wu Jianghao.

History

China-Japan Memorandum of Understanding Trade Office Liaison Office in Tokyo is the unofficial diplomatic office of China in Tokyo before normalization. This office was established in August 1964.

The agency was originally named "Liao Chengzhi Liaison Office in Tokyo". From April 14 to 18, 1964, Liao Chengzhi's office and Tatsunosuke Takasaki's office held talks on the mutual dispatch of representatives and the establishment of liaison offices. The two sides reached an agreement on mutually sending representatives and setting up liaison offices. The two parties have successfully established liaison offices in each other's country, with the "Liaison Office of Liao Chengzhi Office in Tokyo" under China's Foreign Affairs Office, and the "Liaison Office of Takasaki Office in Beijing" under Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry.

In February 1968, when the two sides were negotiating on an annual agreement, both agreed to a renaming of the offices to a "memorandum of trading offices" in each country. On November 27, 1972, the closing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding was held at the Beijing Hotel. On December 31, 1972, the liaison office in Beijing was officially closed. One member of the office was transferred to the Japanese Embassy in China, another was transferred to the Liaison Office of the Japan-China Trade Association in Beijing, with the rest returning to Japan. On January 21, 1974, the liaison office in Tokyo also closed, where the organization merged into the Commercial Office of the Chinese Embassy in Japan.[1]

On September 29, 1972, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka signed a joint statement formulated by the two governments in Beijing, which officially formalized the normalization of diplomatic relations between the two countries.[2] Soon after, the two respective embassies opened.[3] On February 1, 1973, the embassy officially opened while the building was still being built, and so the diplomatic office was temporarily located in the Hotel New Otani Tokyo. After the building was completed, the embassy moved to the building in Moto-Azabu.[4]

U.S. democracy tweet incident

As part of his 2021 State of the Union address, US President Joe Biden emphasized the superiority of democracy and called the Chinese President an authoritarian. A day after the event, the embassy posted a Tweet with an image that featured a grim reaper dressed in imitation of the American flag holding a bloody scythe with a Jewish Star of David in the middle and a caption that read "If the United States brings 'democracy', that's how it will be."[5][6] The tweet triggered criticism from Japanese users and was deleted after the embassy received complaints from Israeli officials.[6][7][8]

Intrusion incident

On 24 March 2026, a person who claimed to be an active officer of Japan Self-Defence Forces forcibly entered the Chinese embassy in Tokyo, who threatened to "kill Chinese diplomatic personnel in the name of god". The spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry Lin Jian stated that "China is deeply shocked by this incident and has lodged a strong protest with Japan".[9][10][11]

The suspect was later arrested and identified as Kodai Murata (Japanese: 村田晃大), a member of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force from Ebino Garrison in Miyazaki Prefecture.[12][13][14] He was formally arrested for having a knife with a length of 18 centimeters when he broke into the embassy.[15]

List of Ambassadors

This section is an excerpt from List of ambassadors of China to Japan § Ambassador of the People's Republic of China.[edit]
Name (English)Name (Chinese)Tenure beginsTenure endsNote
Chen Chu陈楚April 1973December 1976[16]
Fu Hao符浩August 1977February 1982[16]
Song Zhiguang宋之光March 1982August 1985[16]
Zhang Shu章曙September 1985June 1988[16]
Yang Zhenya杨振亚January 1988March 1993[16]
Xu Dunxin徐敦信December 1992June 1998[16]
Chen Jian陈健April 1998July 2001[16]
Wu Dawei武大伟July 2001August 2004[16]
Wang Yi王毅September 2004September 2007[16]
Cui Tiankai崔天凯September 2007January 2010[16]
Cheng Yonghua程永华February 2010May 2019[16]
Kong Xuanyou孔铉佑May 2019February 2023[16]
Wu Jianghao吴江浩February 2023[17]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "蔡成喜，中日备忘录贸易始末，百年潮2002年第11期". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-02-21.
  2. ↑ "《中日联合声明》实现邦交正常化--观点--人民网". opinion.people.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  3. ↑ "中日复交谈判回顾". www.china.com.cn. Archived from the original on 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  4. ↑ "共同社报道：日本外务省十四日决定：《中国驻日大使馆将使用旧台湾大使馆》". 参考消息. 1973-03-17. p. 4.
  5. ↑ "死に神の服に米国旗 在日中国大使館、画像をSNS投稿：朝日新聞デジタル". 朝日新聞デジタル (in Japanese). 30 April 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  6. 1 2 "中国驻日大使馆推文讽美国死神 但自删". RFI - 法国国际广播电台 (in Simplified Chinese). 2021-04-30. Archived from the original on 2021-05-03. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  7. ↑ Zitser, Joshua (May 2021). "Chinese embassy deletes tweet of an antisemitic meme popular with Holocaust deniers and white supremacists". Business Insider. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  8. ↑ "Chinese embassy deletes anti-Semitic, anti-US image after Twitter spat". SCMP. April 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2025.
  9. ↑ "Japanese 'military officer' forces way into Chinese embassy in Tokyo". South China Morning Post. 24 March 2026. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "China deeply shocked by forcible entry into Chinese embassy in Japan by Japanese outlaw: spokesperson". Xinhua. 24 March 2026. Retrieved 24 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "Japanese 'soldier' breaks into Chinese embassy and threatens to kill diplomats". The Independent. 2026-03-24. Retrieved 2026-03-25.
  12. ↑ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/25/japan/crime-legal/tokyo-china-embassy-break-in/
  13. ↑ "東京・港区の中国大使館に侵入容疑　陸上自衛隊所属の男（23）を逮捕" (in Japanese). Mar 24, 2026.
  14. ↑ "刃物持ち込んだ陸自隊員「大使が意見受け入れなかったら自決を…」　中国側「殺害すると脅した」食い違う主張" (in Japanese). Mar 25, 2026.
  15. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20260416193359/https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026041400517/gsdf-member-served-fresh-warrant-over-china-embassy-trespass.html
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 驻日本国历任大使 [List of ambassadors of the People's Republic of China to Japan]. fmprc.gov.cn (in Chinese). 2019.
  17. ↑ Funakoshi, Takashi (4 February 2023). "Veteran Japan hand to become China's next envoy to Tokyo". Asahi Shimbun.
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