Consulate-General of Japan, Surabaya

Consulate-General of Japan, Surabaya 在スラバヤ日本国総領事館
Konsulat Jenderal Jepang, Surabaya
Seal of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent Takeyama Kenichi
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Japan)
Style	Consul General
Seat	Jl. Sumatera No.93, Gubeng, Surabaya, Indonesia
Formation	13 March 1920 (to Dutch East Indies) 5 August 1952 (to Indonesia)
Website	Official website of Consulate-General of Japan in Surabaya

7.272533°S 112.746539°E / -7.272533; 112.746539

The Consulate-General of Japan, Surabaya (Japanese: 在スラバヤ日本国総領事館, romanized: Zai Surabaya Nipponkoku sōryōjikan; Indonesian: Konsulat Jenderal Jepang, Surabaya) is a Japanese diplomatic mission to Indonesia in Surabaya, East Java. The first Japanese diplomatic mission in Surabaya was established on 13 March 1920 while the city was under rule of the Dutch East Indies. In 1979, the consulate upgraded its status to Consulate-General. The General-Consulate in Surabaya leads the Japanese diplomatic mission in the 4 provinces (East Java, South Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, and North Kalimantan) and 8 provinces with the consulate office (branch) in Makassar (South Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, Gorontalo, North Sulawesi, North Maluku, Maluku, West Papua, and Papua province).[1] The consulate-general is located at Jalan Sumatera No.93, Gubeng, Surabaya.[2] Takeyama Kenichi is the current consul general in Surabaya.[1]

Timeline of History

• 13 March 1920 – a Japanese Empire Consulate in Surabaya under the rule of Dutch East Indies.[3]
• 8 December 1941 – Imperial Japanese Army began landing on Malay Peninsula, and simultaneously closed the Japanese Imperial Consulate in Surabaya in Dutch East India, the Japanese Imperial Consulate in Batavia, and the Japanese Imperial Consulate in Medan.[3] The Dutch Empire officially declared war to Japanese Empire[4]
• 9 March 1942 – the Dutch East Indies government surrendered to Japanese Empire, and Japanese rule began in the region corresponding to the present Indonesia.[4][5]
• 14 August 1945 – the Japanese Empire, who suffered a series of consecutive defeats against the United States and the Soviet Union, accepted the Potsdam Declaration, which had been abolished once, and announced its willingness to surrender to the Allied Forces.[5]
• 15 August 1945 – at around noon of Japanese time (UTC+09:00), the end of the year's end book was broadcast on the radio, and it is well known that Japan's former Dutch East Indies rule would be abandoned.[6]
• 17 August 1945 – the Indonesian independence proclamator Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta announced their declaration of independence, but the former colonial powers of the Dutch did not approve their independence and decided to use force.[6][7]
• 27 December 1949 – After more than four years of Indonesian independence war, the Dutch colonial accepts the abandonment of Dutch East Indies and approved Indonesia's independence.[8]
• 28 April 1952 – With the entry into force of the San Francisco Peace Treaty, Japan becomes independent.[9]
• 5 August 1952 – The Japanese Consulate in Surabaya reopened on 5 August 1952, and the Japanese Consulate General in Jakarta changed to Embassy in same day.[3]
• 15 April 1958 – The peace treaty between Japan and the Republic of Indonesia and the compensation agreement between Japan and the Republic of Indonesia and Japan-Indonesia diplomatic relations are established.[10][11]
• 1979 – the consulate in Surabaya was promoted to the Consulate General.[12]
• 1980 – the Denpasar Business Office under jurisdiction of the Japanese Consulate General of Surabaya was established in Denpasar, the province capital of Bali .[13]
• 1 January 2006 – the Deputy Representative Office in Denpasar and its jurisdiction was removed from the jurisdiction of the Japanese Consulate General in Surabaya, and upgraded its status to Consulate-General in Denpasar.[14]
• 1 January 2009 – Japanese consulate-general in Makassar downgraded its status to just Japanese Representative Office.[15]
• 1 January 2014 – Japanese Representative Office in Makassar changed to Consular office.[16]

See also

• Indonesia–Japan relations
• List of diplomatic missions of Japan

References

1. "人事、外務省". 日本経済新聞 電子版 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
2. "Mengenai kami : Konsulat Jenderal Jepang di Surabaya". www.surabaya.id.emb-japan.go.jp (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
3. "スラウェシに於ける領事館の推移と戦前（昭和１４年頃）の日本人会の状況". www5d.biglobe.ne.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2013-05-11. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
4. "THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS DECLARES WAR WITH JAPAN". www.ibiblio.org. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
5. "昭和１７年（１９４２年）３月９日、ジャワ島の蘭（オランダ）領東インド軍は日本軍に降伏しました。" (in Japanese).
6. "終戦の詔書 1945年8月14日 | 日本国憲法の誕生". www.ndl.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
7. INC, SANKEI DIGITAL. "【一筆多論】「日本紀元２６０５年」インドネシア独立宣言書が西暦を使わなかった理由". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
8. "外務省: インドネシアという国". www.mofa.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
9. VI 平和条約の批准・発効
10. "○日本国とインドネシア共和国との間の平和条約". www.mofa.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
11. "○日本国とインドネシア共和国との間の賠償協定". www.mofa.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
12. "第87回 参議院 外務委員会 昭和54年2月15日 第2号｜国会会議録検索システム" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-08-18. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
13. "在デンパサール日本国総領事館". www.denpasar.id.emb-japan.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
14. "じゃかるた新聞　2006年インドネシアの主な出来事". jakartashimbun2.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
15. "大使館からのお知らせ". www.id.emb-japan.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-06.
16. "在スラバヤ日本国総領事館". www.surabaya.id.emb-japan.go.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-05-06.

External links

• Official website of Consulate-General of Japan in Surabaya (Indonesian)
• Official website of Consulate-General of Japan in Surabaya (Japanese)