Japan
- Japan has been a member of the United Nations since 18 December 1956
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- Japan is part of the Asia / Middle East block
- Japan has participated in 1774 votes since 26 October 1994, most recently on 23 December 2009
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Minority votes in the General Assembly
Sometimes these votes highlight an issue where there is a difference from the majority of the international community.
Japan…
| voted alone (out of 177 nations) to abstain on | Draft resolution XIV, as a whole, (resolution 61/72). | 6 December 2006 |
| voted alone (out of 169 nations) to abstain on | The fourteenth preambular paragraph of draft resolution II | 22 December 2004 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 163) to abstain on | Draft resolution M (resolution 50/70 M). | 12 December 1995 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 165) to abstain on | Draft resolution G (resolution 49/35 G). | 9 December 1994 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 174) against | Operative paragraph 7 of draft resolution XIV. | 6 December 2006 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 175) against | Operative paragraph 17. | 19 December 2007 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 173) against | Operative paragraph 7. | 22 December 2005 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 170) against | Operative paragraph 18. | 22 December 2005 |
| voted with 1 other nation (out of 164) against | Operative paragraph 11 of the draft resolution. | 10 December 2007 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 167) to abstain on | Draft resolution E (resolution 49/35 E) | 9 December 1994 |
| voted with 3 other nations (out of 187) to abstain on | Draft resolution III (resolution 59/185). | 20 December 2004 |
| voted with 3 other nations (out of 166) to abstain on | Draft resolution C (resolution 49/35 C). | 9 December 1994 |
| voted with 2 other nations (out of 122) against | Operative paragraph 35 of draft resolution II. | 23 December 2005 |
| voted with 4 other nations (out of 155) to abstain on | Draft resolution IV (resolution 62/216). | 21 December 2007 |
| voted with 4 other nations (out of 181) to abstain on | Draft resolution VI (resolution 58/172). | 22 December 2003 |
| voted with 4 other nations (out of 179) to abstain on | Draft resolution VIII (resolution 60/157). | 16 December 2005 |
| voted with 142 other nations (out of 150) in favour of | Paragraph 14. | 21 December 2007 |
| voted with 5 other nations (out of 157) to abstain on | Draft resolution II (resolution 62/220). | 21 December 2007 |
| voted with 5 other nations (out of 174) to abstain on | The draft resolution (resolution 59/221). | 22 December 2004 |
| voted with 5 other nations (out of 124) to abstain on | Operative paragraph 14. | 23 December 2005 |
Minority votes in the Security Council
For a permanent member a vote against constitutes a veto.
- 11 November 2006 – Ediscription
Ambassadors
People who have spoken in the General Assembly or Security Council in the name of Japan. Sometimes ministers or heads of state take the place of the official ambassador of the day.
| Name | Speeches | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Abe | 1 | 31 May 2001 | 31 May 2001 |
| Mr. Aisawa | 1 | 27 June 2005 | 27 June 2005 |
| Mr. Akamatsu | 1 | 12 December 2002 | 12 December 2002 |
| Mr. Akasaka | 7 | 26 July 2000 | 31 October 2001 |
| Mr. Akiba | 1 | 13 March 2002 | 13 March 2002 |
| Mr. Amano | 1 | 31 October 2005 | 31 October 2005 |
| Mr. Arima | 1 | 21 September 2006 | 21 September 2006 |
| Mr. Ashiki | 1 | 15 May 2008 | 15 May 2008 |
| Mr. Aso | 1 | 25 September 2008 | 25 September 2008 |
| Mr. Fujisaki | 1 | 22 September 2003 | 22 September 2003 |
| Mr. Fukushima | 2 | 26 October 1994 | 2 November 1995 |
| Mr. Haneda | 8 | 29 January 2002 | 15 November 2005 |
| Mr. Haraguchi | 78 | 17 September 1998 | 17 December 2004 |
| Mr. Hashimoto | 1 | 24 September 1996 | 24 September 1996 |
| Mr. Hatano | 1 | 2 March 1994 | 2 March 1994 |
| Mr. Hatoyama | 1 | 24 September 2009 | 24 September 2009 |
| Mr. Hirata | 2 | 5 November 2001 | 11 March 2002 |
| Mr. Horiguchi | 3 | 19 December 1994 | 5 December 1995 |
| Mrs. Horiuchi | 1 | 19 October 1994 | 19 October 1994 |
| Ms. Horiuchi | 1 | 26 October 1995 | 26 October 1995 |
| Ms. Inoguchi | 1 | 11 October 2002 | 11 October 2002 |
| Mr. Ishikawa | 3 | 22 November 2002 | 20 October 2004 |
| Mr. Ito | 5 | 18 April 1997 | 11 May 2009 |
| Mrs. Ito | 1 | 17 December 1999 | 17 December 1999 |
| Ms. Ito | 1 | 4 December 2000 | 4 December 2000 |
| Mr. Kamitani | 1 | 1 October 1998 | 1 October 1998 |
| Mr. Kataoka | 1 | 25 August 2004 | 25 August 2004 |
| Ms. Kawaguchi | 2 | 23 September 2003 | 17 February 2005 |
| Mr. Kawamura | 2 | 17 November 1999 | 22 November 1999 |
| Mr. Kitagawa | 4 | 26 October 2000 | 17 September 2007 |
| Mr. Kitaoka | 38 | 17 May 2004 | 22 August 2006 |
| Mr. Kobayashi | 23 | 20 December 1994 | 7 March 2001 |
| Mr. Kodera | 8 | 12 October 2006 | 19 March 2008 |
| Mr. Koizumi | 3 | 13 September 2002 | 15 September 2005 |
| Mr. Konishi | 43 | 9 April 1996 | 16 December 1998 |
| Mr. Kono | 3 | 27 September 1994 | 13 September 2000 |
| Ms. Kotani | 1 | 25 November 1997 | 25 November 1997 |
| Mr. Koumura | 4 | 24 September 1998 | 13 November 2008 |
| Mr. Kumamaru | 3 | 20 October 1995 | 2 November 1995 |
| Mrs. Kurokochi | 1 | 9 September 1996 | 9 September 1996 |
| Mr. Machimura | 3 | 14 September 2005 | 17 September 2005 |
| Mr. Maruyama | 25 | 17 October 1994 | 21 December 2000 |
| Mr. Matsunami | 1 | 17 June 2002 | 17 June 2002 |
| Mr. Matsuura | 1 | 6 May 2004 | 6 May 2004 |
| Mr. Miyamoto | 3 | 24 November 1999 | 16 March 2001 |
| Mr. Miyazawa | 1 | 11 November 2001 | 11 November 2001 |
| Mr. Mizukami | 3 | 17 October 2002 | 15 October 2003 |
| Mr. Mori | 4 | 7 September 2000 | 22 September 2008 |
| Mr. Morikawa | 1 | 4 December 2002 | 4 December 2002 |
| Mr. Motomura | 28 | 30 July 2001 | 26 February 2004 |
| Mr. Mukai | 1 | 22 December 2006 | 22 December 2006 |
| Mr. Murakami | 1 | 3 November 2008 | 3 November 2008 |
| Mr. Murayama | 2 | 22 October 1995 | 9 November 1995 |
| Mr. Nakata | 1 | 12 November 2002 | 12 November 2002 |
| Mr. Nishigahiro | 1 | 20 June 1997 | 20 June 1997 |
| Mr. Nishimura | 2 | 24 February 2003 | 16 December 2008 |
| Mr. Obuchi | 3 | 23 September 1997 | 21 September 1998 |
| Mr. Odano | 1 | 16 September 2002 | 16 September 2002 |
| Mr. Oe | 1 | 30 October 2001 | 30 October 2001 |
| Mrs. Ogata | 1 | 19 July 2002 | 19 July 2002 |
| Mr. Okuda | 20 | 27 September 2008 | 3 December 2009 |
| Mr. Omura | 3 | 8 December 2003 | 28 October 2004 |
| Mr. Onodera | 1 | 23 February 2005 | 23 February 2005 |
| Mr. Oshima | 89 | 12 January 2005 | 22 June 2007 |
| Mr. Owada | 69 | 13 October 1994 | 29 September 1998 |
| Mr. Ozawa | 21 | 29 October 2003 | 8 September 2006 |
| Ms. Saiga | 4 | 20 November 1997 | 14 January 2003 |
| Mr. Sato | 1 | 19 November 2004 | 19 November 2004 |
| Mr. Satoh | 56 | 5 November 1998 | 20 May 2002 |
| Mr. Seki | 2 | 26 October 2000 | 30 October 2000 |
| Mr. Shimamori | 2 | 31 October 2003 | 17 December 2003 |
| Mr. Shimmura | 1 | 8 November 2002 | 8 November 2002 |
| Mr. Shinoda | 1 | 29 October 2002 | 29 October 2002 |
| Mr. Shinyo | 33 | 13 September 2006 | 27 August 2008 |
| Mr. Shiozaki | 1 | 9 May 2006 | 9 May 2006 |
| Mr. Suda | 1 | 4 September 2008 | 4 September 2008 |
| Mr. Sumi | 5 | 19 September 2008 | 16 July 2009 |
| Mr. Sunaga | 2 | 14 October 2004 | 18 October 2004 |
| Mr. Tajima | 1 | 8 March 2005 | 8 March 2005 |
| Mr. Takahashi | 5 | 17 October 1994 | 30 October 2002 |
| Mr. Takase | 2 | 13 December 2006 | 20 December 2006 |
| Mr. Takasu | 112 | 21 May 1997 | 23 December 2009 |
| Mr. Tanaka | 2 | 24 May 1996 | 8 December 1997 |
| Mr. Tomoshige | 2 | 16 December 2002 | 18 December 2002 |
| Mr. Tonishi | 1 | 28 October 1996 | 28 October 1996 |
| Mr. Toyama | 1 | 14 September 2006 | 14 September 2006 |
| Mr. Watanabe | 3 | 25 November 1997 | 5 December 2001 |
| Mr. Yachi | 1 | 26 October 2000 | 26 October 2000 |
| Mr. Yamada | 1 | 25 October 1994 | 25 October 1994 |
| Mr. Yamagiwa | 1 | 6 December 1999 | 6 December 1999 |
| Mr. Yamaguchi | 1 | 17 December 2007 | 17 December 2007 |
| Mr. Akira Yamamoto | 1 | 22 June 2005 | 22 June 2005 |
| Mr. Yamamoto | 5 | 20 November 2000 | 10 December 2002 |
| Ms. Yamamoto | 1 | 27 March 2006 | 27 March 2006 |
| Mr. Yamazaki | 8 | 8 July 1999 | 10 December 1999 |
| Mr. Yokota | 1 | 21 December 2007 | 21 December 2007 |
| Mr. Yoshikawa | 9 | 4 November 1999 | 23 May 2002 |
