About Us
Ambassador's Biography

Takeshi HIKIHARA
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary,
Permanent Representative of Japan
to the International Organizations in Vienna
Born on 17 December 1959, in Nara, Japan
March 1982 | B.A. in Law, University of Tokyo | |
April 1982 | Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) | |
January 1999 | Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in the Republic of Korea | |
October 1999 | Director, Office of the Parliamentary Vice Ministers and Office of Administration Reform (concurrently), Minister's Secretariat, MOFA | |
September 2000 | Director, Southwest Asia Division, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, MOFA | |
August 2002 | Director, First West Europe Division, European Affairs Bureau、MOFA | |
February 2004 | Counselor, Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary’s Office | |
August 2006 | Minister, Embassy of Japan in Russia | |
September 2009 | Ambassador, Secretary General for the APEC Meetings in 2010 | |
December 2010 | Consul General of Japan in Boston, USA | |
August 2012 | Deputy Director-General, European Affairs Bureau, MOFA | |
June 2013 | Assistant Vice-Minister, Minister's Secretariat, MOFA | |
July 2014 | Ambassador, Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department, MOFA | |
October 2015 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Lao PDR | |
September 2019 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Japan to the International Organizations in Vienna |
Ambassador's Greeting (September 2019)
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 2021:
1, 6 January
23 February
2, 5 April
3, 13, 24 May
3 June
20 July
26 October
1 November
8, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 December