List of Canadian ambassadors to Japan . Canada's third legation abroad was established in Japan in May 1929 in Tokyo with Herbert Marler as the first minister plenipotentiary to the country. Diplomatic relations had been established in December 1928. The mission was downgraded in 1938 due to the worsening international situation with the Chargé d'affaires becoming the lead official. Diplomatic relations were severed after the Japanese attack on World War II . Following the war, Canada's mission in Tokyo was accredited to the Supreme Commander Allied Powers . Formal diplomatic relations were re-established in 1952.[1] .
Ambassador
Title
Appointment date
Credentials presented
End of Term
The Honourable Sir Herbert Marler
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
January 18, 1929
September 18, 1929
July 3, 1936
The Honourable Robert Randolph Bruce
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
May 20, 1936
November 7, 1936
December 1938
Edgar D'Arcy McGreer
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
December 1938
December 7, 1941
Egerton Herbert Norman
Head of Mission to SCAP
July 7, 1946
August 14, 1946
October 21, 1950
Arthur Redpath Menzies
Head of Mission to SCAP
November 18, 1950
April 28, 1952
Arthur Redpath Menzies
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
April 28, 1952
January 15, 1953
The Honourable Robert Wellington Mayhew
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
September 25, 1952
January 15, 1953
November 23, 1954
The Honourable Thomas Clayton Davis
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
June 10, 1954
March 25, 1957
James Clelland Britton
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
November 23, 1954
Theodore Francis Moorhouse Newton
Chargé d'Affaires a.i.
March 25, 1957
September 1957
William Frederick Bull
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
April 4, 1957
September 7, 1957
January 16, 1963
Richard Plant Bower
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
November 5, 1962
March 18, 1963
May 4, 1966
Herbert Owen Moran
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
February 23, 1966
September 14, 1966
December 29, 1972
Ross Campbell
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
June 8, 1972
January 31, 1973
December 15, 1975
Bruce Irving Rankin
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
February 17, 1976
March 8, 1976
June 9, 1981
Barry Connell Steers
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
September 3, 1981
October 26, 1981
November 24, 1989
James Hutchings Taylor
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
September 7, 1989
December 12, 1989
1992
Donald Wilfred Campbell
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
January 5, 1993
September 6, 1997
Leonard J. Edwards
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
November 10, 1997
June 9, 2001
Robert G. Wright
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
May 28, 2001
2005
Joseph Caron
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
August 19, 2005
2008
Jonathan T. Fried
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
September, 2008
2012
Mackenzie Clugston
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
September 12, 2012
December 14, 2012
Present
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