Ambassador's Activities

2026/9/16

2026

Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the 2026 Praemium Imperiale Lunch (14 September)
IWC 2026 Award Winning Sake Tasting (9 September)
Ambassador Suzuki's visit to Cambridge (26 August)
Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at Hendon Japanese Cemetery’s 90th Anniversary Ceremony and Memorial Service (23 August)
Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to Edinburgh (21 August)
Ambassador Suzuki’s visit to Hyper Japan 2026 (24 July)
Ambassador Suzuki’s attendance at the Annual General Meeting of The Japan Society (23 July)
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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