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Atsushi TOKINOYA
Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Kingdom of Thailand

Ambassador Tokinoya
Apr. 1941Born in Tokyo
Sep. 1962Passed Higher Diplomatic Service Examination
Apr. 1960
- Mar. 1963		Studied at Kyoto University, Faculty of Law
Apr. 1963Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Aug. 1963
- 1965		Studied at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Jul. 1965Third Secretary, Japanese Embassy, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Aug. 1967Second North America Division, American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
May 1971Social Affairs Division, United Nations Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Aug. 1973First Secretary, Japanese Embassy, Jakarta, Indonesia
July 1975First Secretary, Japanese Delegation to the OECD, Paris, France
Sep. 1977General Affairs Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
July 1979Director, Multilateral Cooperation Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
July 1980Private Secretary to Chief Cabinet Secretary, Minister of State, Kiichi MIYAZAWA
Feb. 1983Counsellor, Japanese Embassy, London, United Kingdom
(March-December 1983: Concurrently, Research Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies, London)
Oct. 1985Director, Personnel Division, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affaires
Jan. 1988Deputy Director-General, North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Aug. 1990Consul-General at San Francisco, U.S.A.
Mar. 1994Director-General, North American Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Aug. 1995Ambassador of Japan to the European Union
Feb. 1999Ambassador in charge of Inspection
July 1999Director-General, Foreign Service Training Institute
June 2001Ambassador in charge of Inspection
Jan. 2002
- Oct, 2005		Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Thailand
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