Masato Otaka

Ambassador of Japan to Thailand

• Education: March 1986 Graduated from University of Tokyo, Faculty of Economics

• Professional Record:

April 1986	Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
July 2002	Secretary to the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat
August 2005	Senior Assistant, Economic Policy Division Director, Southeast Asia Economic Partnership Agreement Division, Economic Affairs Bureau
January 2007	Director, Economic Partnership Division, Economic Affairs Bureau
December 2007	Senior Coordinator/ Principal Deputy Director, Management and Coordination Division Minister’s Secretariat
February 2009	Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in Thailand
July 2010	Minister, Embassy of Japan in Thailand
June 2012	Minister, Embassy of Japan in the United States of America
February 2016	Deputy Director-General for Press and Public Diplomacy
July 2017	Deputy Director-General, Foreign Policy Bureau and Consular Affairs Bureau
September 2019	Director-General for Press and Public Diplomacy
October 2020	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Hungary
March 2024	Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Thailand