Former Ambassador of  Japan to the People's Republic of China
    Chairman, Miyamoto Institute of Asian Research
    
    
Yuji Miyamoto
1946  | 
        Born in Fukuoka, Japan    on July 3  | 
      
| 1969 | Graduated from Kyoto University, Department    of Law  Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MOFA)  | 
      
| 1970 | Studied in Taiwan | 
| 1973 | Received M.A. degree in East Asian History    from Harvard University   Graduate School of Arts & Sciences  | 
      
| 1973 | China and Mongolia Division, MOFA | 
1975  | 
        Development Cooperation Division, MOFA  | 
      
| 1978 | First Secretary, Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations | 
| 1981 | First Secretary, Embassy of Japan, Beijing, China | 
| 1983 | Deputy Director, Soviet Union Division, MOFA | 
| 1985 | Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Division, MOFA | 
| 1987 | Private Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs | 
| 1989 | Director of the Policy Planning Division, MOFA | 
| 1990 | Director of the China and Mongolia Division, MOFA | 
| 1991 | Research Associate, International Institute for Strategic Studies(IISS), London | 
| 1992 | Vice-president of the Foreign Service Training Institute, MOFA | 
| 1994 | Consul-General, Consulate General of Japan in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A. | 
| 1997 | Minister and then Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China | 
| 2001 | Ambassador, Director-General for Arms Control and Scientific Affairs, MOFA | 
| 2002 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Union of Myanmar | 
| 2004 | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in charge of Okinawan Affairs, Representative of the Government of Japan | 
| 2006 | Ambassador Extraordinary and    Plenipotentiary to the People's Republic of China  | 
      
| 2010 | Retired, Adviser to MOFA (until March 2011) | 
| 2011 | Chairman of Miyamoto Institute of Asian Research | 
| 2012 | Vice President of Japan-China Friendship Center  | 
      
| Published Works: | |
| Japan-China Relations: From Now ON (Kore Kara, Chūgoku to Dō Tsukiauka) Nikkei Publishing, Inc. On Changing Myanmar (Gekiryu Myanmar wo Yomitoku) Tokyo Shoseki Co.,Ltd.  | 
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