About Us
2023/11/9
Ambassador's Biography
KAIFU Atsushi
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
Permanent Representative of Japan
to the International Organizations in Vienna
| March 1988 | Graduated from Hitotsubashi University (B. A. in Law) | |
| April 1988 | Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) | |
| July 1995 | Deputy Director of Secretariat for APEC Osaka summit, Economic Affairs Bureau, MoFA | |
| December 1995 | Deputy Director of Northeast Asia Division, Asian Affairs Bureau, MoFA | |
| December 1998 | Deputy Director of Japan-U.S. Security Treaty Division, North American Affairs Bureau, MoFA | |
| August 1999 | Principal Deputy Director of Japan-U.S. Security Treaty Division, North American Affairs Bureau, MoFA |
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| July 2001 | First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the Federal Republic of Germany | |
| August 2004 | Principal Deputy Director of Overseas Establishments Division, Minister’s Secretariat, MoFA | |
| August 2006 | Senior Foreign Policy Coordinator, Policy Coordination Division, Foreign Policy Bureau, MoFA | |
| August 2008 | Director, Central and South Eastern Europe Division, European Affairs Bureau, MoFA | |
| July 2010 | Director, Economic Treaties Division, International Legal Affairs Bureau, MoFA | |
| August 2011 | Cabinet Counsellor (Executive Assistant to Assistant Chief Cabinet Cabinet Secretariat |
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| August 2013 | Minister, Embassy of Japan in the United States of America | |
| July 2016 | Minister, Embassy of Japan in the Federal Republic of Germany | |
| July 2019 | Deputy Assistant Minister, Secretary-General for the Ceremony of Enthronement, Minister’s Secretariat, MoFA | |
| November 2019 | Deputy Assistant Minister (in charge of press, public affairs and cultural exchanges) and Deputy Press Secretary, Minister’s Secretariat, MoFA / Deputy Assistant Minister, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, MoFA |
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| January 2020 | Ambassador, Chief of Protocol, Minister’s Secretariat, MoFA | |
| September 2021 | Ambassador, Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, MoFA | |
| September 2023 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Japan to the International Organizations in Vienna |
General Information
Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations in Vienna
Andromeda Tower, Donau-City-Strasse 6, 1220, Vienna, Austria
Telephone: +43 (0)1 260 63 0
Fax: +43 (0)1 263 6750
Working hours: 9:00 - 17:45
Our office will be closed on the following dates in 2025:
1, 2, 3, 6 January
24 February
31 March
18, 21 April
1 ,29 May
6 June
15 August
27 October
3 November
8, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31 December