Ambassador's Activities

2026

• Ambassador’s Commendation - Lord Justice Dingemans (13 July)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with Alderwoman Dame Susan Langley DBE, Lady Mayor of the City of London (8 July)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with the Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Transport (24 June)
• Japanese Government honours Dr Robert John Pritchard and the 29th Summer Reunion for Peace and Friendship (22 June)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with the Rt Hon Lord Forsyth of Drumlean, Lord Speaker (16 June)
• Ambassador Suzuki's attendance at the National Dance Awards (15 June)
• Ambassador Suzuki's attendance at the Epsom Derby (6 June)
• Ambassador Suzuki's attendance at Japan House London’s opening event of “Kyotographie” (2 June)
• Ikebana event featuring Chelsea Flower Show Garden Designer Mr Kazuyuki Ishihara (21 May)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with Mr Arsenio Dominguez, the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) accompanied by Mr Mitsuyuki Unno, Executive Director of the Nippon Foundation (15 May)
• Ambassador Suzuki's visit to Norwich (14 May)
• Ambassador Suzuki's attendance at the opening ceremony of “Urushi Now: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer” at the V&A (29 April)
• Ambassador Suzuki's visit to "NIGO: From Japan with Love" at the Design Museum (29 April)
• Ambassador and Madame Suzuki’s visit to Windsor and Eton College (20 April)
• Foreign Minister’s Commendation – Mrs Rachel Barclay (17 April)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with Mr Arsenio Dominguez, the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) (16 April)
• Japanese Government honours Mr Hamish Todd (15 April)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at a lunch event hosted by the British-Japanese Parliamentary Group (BJPG) (14 April)
• Ambassador’s Commendation – Pianist Motoki Hirai (2 April)
• Ambassador and Madame Suzuki’s attendance at Hanami event in Regent’s Park (30 March)
• Ambassador Suzuki's attendance at Japan House London’s Annual Members’ Event (26 March)
• The Japan-UK Financial Networking Reception (25 March)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the 15th Anniversary Memorial Ceremony for the Great East Japan Earthquake at Fukushima Garden (4 March)
• Emperor's Birthday Reception 2026 (26 February)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to the West Midlands (18 February)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to Glasgow (13 February)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at opening ceremony for new Fujifilm facility (11 February)
• Japanese British Lawyers Reception (5 February)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to the University of Cambridge (28 January)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at a lunch event hosted by the British-Japanese Parliamentary Group (BJPG) (27 January)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with the Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (15 January)
• Ambassador Suzuki hosts New Year Reception (7 January)

2025

• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the Oku Memorial Trophy Rugby Tournament (20 December)
• Foreign Minister’s Commendation - Mrs Akiko MacDonald, Chairperson of the Burma Campaign Society (20 December)
• Ambassador’s Commendation - The British Association for Japanese Studies (BAJS) (18 December)
• Ambassador’s Commendation - Dr Adrian Simper (16 December)
• Foreign Minister’s Commendation - Professor Dapo Akande (15 December)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to North Wales (10 December)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with Sir Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London (27 October)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to Liverpool City Region (24 October)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the event celebrating The Grand Sumo Tournament in London (16 October)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the Opening Day of The Grand Sumo Tournament in London (15 October)
• Japan-UK industrial partnership event (Investing in Japan) (9 October)
• Event to celebrate 200 years of railways (7 October)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the Labour Party Conference 2025 (30 September)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to the North East (26 September)
• Japanese Government honours Sir William Blackledge Beaumont (25 September)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at Groundbreaking Ceremony at 72 Upper Ground (25 September)
• Foreign Minister’s Commendation - Dr Robert John Pritchard (22 September)
• Japan Matsuri 2025 (21 September)
• Foreign Minister's Commendation - Mr Nicolas Maclean, Professor Timon Screech (19 September)
• Japanese Government honours Lord Andrew David Lansley (18 September)
• Foreign Minister's Commendation - The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation (17 September)
• IWC 2025 award winning sake tasting (10 September)
• Japan Self-Defense Forces' Day Reception 2025 (8 September)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to Manchester (5 September)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with the Rt Hon Alderman Alastair King DL, Lord Mayor of the City of London” (2 September)
• Ambassador Suzuki's attendance at Japan House London’s opening event of “Pictograms: Iconic Japanese Designs” (29 July)
• Japanese Government honours Mr Stephen John Pitts (25 July)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the Opening Performance of the National Ballet of Japan’s Giselle in London (24 July)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the Annual General Meeting of The Japan Society (23 July)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to Hyper Japan 2025 (19 July)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the announcement of Laureates and dinner to celebrate the announcement of the 2025 Praemium Imperiale (15 July)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to Northern Ireland (11 July)
• Ambassador Suzuki's attendance at an event to promote Japan House London (2 July)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the unveiling of a monument to the late Professor John White (28 June)
• 28th Summer Reunion for Peace and Friendship (27 June)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with Gareth Davies CB, Permanent Secretary of the Department for Business and Trade (25 June)
• Pre-Departure Reception for 2025 JET Programme Participants (23 June)
• Ambassador's attendance at the FT Nikkei UK Ekiden 2025 (20 June)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with Minister Gustafsson (Minister for Investment) (17 June)
• ‘Wales and Japan 2025’ Mid-Year Reception (11 June)
• Ambassador's attendance at the Epsom Derby (7 June)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to Scotland (30 May)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to the North East (16 May)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at a reception hosted by the British-Japanese Parliamentary Group (BJPG) (14 May)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with Steve Reed MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (14 May)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with the Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (13 May)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with Sir Oliver Robbins, Permanent Under-Secretary at FCDO (13 May)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the Kyoto Prize at Oxford (6 May)
• Ambassador Suzuki‘s Credentials Presentation Ceremony with His Majesty the King at Buckingham Palace (1 May)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with Heidi Alexander MP, Secretary of State for Transport (29 April)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the opening of the exhibition “Hiroshige artist of open road” at the British Museum (28 April)
• Ambassador’s Commendation - The Jockey Club (17 April)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at Hanami event in Regent’s Park (10 April)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to Manchester (9 April)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with Gareth Thomas MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Business and Trade (7 April)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to Toyota Burnaston factory (3 April)
• Ambassador’s Commendation - Keele University’s Collection of Flowering Cherries (2 April)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with Gareth Davies CB, Permanent Secretary of the Department for Business and Trade (1 April)
• Foreign Minister’s Commendation – Professor Barry Rider (31 March)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the Zoological Society of London Cherry Tree Planting Ceremony at London Zoo (27 March)
• Ambassador Suzuki's attendance at Japan House London’s Annual Members’ Event (26 March)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with the Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP, Speaker of the House of Commons (26 March)
• Japan-UK Financial Networking Reception (12 March)
• Ambassador Suzuki's attendance at Japan House London’s opening event of “The Craft of Carpentry: Drawing Life from Japan’s Forests” (11 March)
• Japan-UK Fusion Symposium Reception (4 March)
• Ambassador Suzuki's visit to the University of Oxford (1 March)
• Emperor's Birthday Reception 2025 (27 February)
• Ambassador Suzuki Attends Media Luncheon for the National Ballet of Japan’s London Performance (21 February)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (18 February)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with the Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP, Secretary of State for Business and Trade (18 February)
• Evening for the promotion of Japanese food and sake (17 February)
• Ambassador and Madame Suzuki’s visit to the University of Cambridge (14 February)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at reception to mark launch of “Scotland at Expo 2025 Osaka” (12 February)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with the Rt Hon John Swinney MSP, First Minister of Scotland (12 February)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at a meeting hosted by the British-Japanese Parliamentary Group (BJPG) (12 February)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at Tokyo-London Financial Seminar 2025 (4 February)
• Japanese British Lawyers Reception (3 February)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with the Rt Hon Alderman Alastair King DL, Lord Mayor of the City of London (3 February)
• Japanese Government honours Lord Christopher Francis Patten (30 January)
• Ambassador Suzuki speaks at the Jiji London Top Seminar (28 January)
• Ambassador Suzuki hosts New Year Reception (27 January)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with Mr Andrew Bailey, Governor of the Bank of England (24 January)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with the Rt Hon Lord McFall of Alcluith, Lord Speaker (23 January)
• Ambassador and Madame Suzuki’s visit to Wales (9 January)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to BAE Systems (7 January)

2024

• Greetings from Ambassador Suzuki (20 December)
• Ambassador Suzuki's meeting with officers of the British-Japanese Parliamentary Group (BJPG) (17 December)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the 18th Japan-UK Rail Working Group annual meeting (9 December)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at a talk event by contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami at the V&A (8 December)
• Ambassador Suzuki's attendance at a press conference for the 2025 London Grand Sumo Tournament (4 December)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to Wales (3 December)
• Ambassador Suzuki hosts reception to mark arrival in UK  (28 November)
• Ambassador Suzuki's attendance at a Japan Airlines (JAL) event to celebrate the launch of Airbus A350-1000 (27 November)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s meeting with Ms Catherine West MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Asia and the Pacific) at FCDO (27 November)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the Atlantic Future Forum 2024 (26 November)
• Ambassador and Madame Suzuki’s visit to the Royal College of Music (25 November)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at Oku Memorial Trophy and England vs Japan rugby matches (24 November)
• Ambassador and Madame Suzuki’s attendance at an event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of TASAKI (21 November)
• Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at a reception hosted by the First Minister of Wales (21 November)
• Presentation of Credentials by Ambassador Suzuki to the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) (20 November)
• Foreign Minister’s Commendation - Sainsbury Institute for the Study of Japanese Arts and Cultures, and Professor Simon Kaner (7 November)

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