Ambassador's Activities

2025

• 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)
• The 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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