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Embassy of Canada in Japan

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Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Embassy of Canada in Japan
Phone:
+81 3-5412-6200

Hours:
SundayClosed
Monday9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday9am - 5:30pm
Thursday9am - 5:30pm
Friday9am - 5:30pm
SaturdayClosed


The Embassy of Canada to Japan is the main diplomatic mission from Canada to Japan, located in Tokyo. The embassy is Canada's third oldest foreign legation after Paris and Washington, D.C. . The reason for the legation's creation had much to do with anti-Asian feeling in the Canadian province of British Columbia during the first half of the 20th Century. Prime Minister Mackenzie King was anxious to limit Japanese migration to Canada, saying our only effective way to deal with the Japanese question is to have our own Minister in Japan to vise passports.The British government was hesitant to anything that might be seen to undermine Imperial unity, but finally in May 1929, the Canadian legation opened. The first minister was Sir Herbert Marler. The embassy soon added trade and political roles to immigration. Construction of the chancery was completed in 1934. In 1938 the minister came back to Canada without being replaced. In 1941 once Canada and Japan were at war the legation staff was placed under arrest and not repatriated to Canada until mid-1942. After the war, Canada's leading Japan expert, Herbert Norman, instead of being minister to Japan was attached to represent Canada with Supreme Commander Allied Powers, General Douglas MacArthur. In 1952 Canada and Japan had normalized relations and the legation was upgraded to an embassy, and R.W. Mayhew became Canada's first ambassador to Japan. Canada built a new chancery on Aoyama Avenue, Place Canada, which was designed by Raymond Moriyama and opened in 1991. The embassy is housed on the upper levels while the lower levels are let out for rental income. There is a stone garden at the fourth storey with a view of the Akasaka Palace gardens. At the basement level the embassy hosts a public art gallery, a library, and the 233-seat Oscar Peterson Theatre. The elevator in the ambassador's house is the oldest functional one in Japan.
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