Former Philippine Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan

1943 MARKED THE ESTABLISHMENT of the first Philippine Embassy in Japan under the Second Philippine Republic. Mr. Jorge Vargas was designated as the first Philippine Ambassador to Japan.

The first Japanese Embassy in the Philippines was established in October 1952 following the signing in September 1951 of the San Francisco Peace Treaty with Japan to formally end World War II. An agreement on Japan’s reparations for war damages was signed between Japan and the Philippines on 9 May 1956.

The following Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary have served in Tokyo and had been instrumental in the continued friendly Philippine-Japan relations.

H.E. Jorge Vargas 1943-1945	H.E. Felino Neri 1956-1958	H.E. Manuel A. Adeva 1958-1962
H.E. Mauro Mendez 1962-1964	H.E. Jacinto C. Borja 1965-1966	H.E. Jose S. Laurel III 1966-1971
H.E. Roberto S. Benedicto 1972-1978	H.E. Carlos J. Valdez 1978-1986	H.E. Ramon V. Del Rosario 1986-1992
H.E. Domingo L. Siazon, Jr. 1993-1995 [1st Term]	H.E. Alfonso T. Yuchengco 1995-1998	H.E. Romeo A. Arguelles 1998-2001
H.E. Domingo L. Siazon, Jr. 2001-2010 [2nd Term]	H.E. Manuel M. Lopez 2011-2016	H.E. Jose C. Laurel, V 2017-2022