Preceded by Kira Nakayama Preceded by Yamamoto Satoru Parents Akira Watanabe Succeeded by Kawashima Yutaka | Preceded by Junichi Nakamura | |
Born 9 May 1936 (age 80)Tokyo Prefecture, Japan ( 1936-05-09 ) | ||
Makoto Watanabe (渡辺 允, born 9 May 1936) is a former Japanese diplomat. He was born in Tokyo as a son of Akira Watanabe. He visited the Hibiya High School and graduated at the University of Tokyo. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1959. He was Ambassador of Japan to Jordan from 1988 to 1990. He was Grand Chamberlain of Japan from 1996 to 2007 and director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan from 1993 to 1995. He is an adviser to the Imperial Household Agency since 2012.
He was strongly opposed to the publication of the book Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne in 2007 and said the Imperial Household Agency could not accept it.
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