2009 October – The Canada-Japan Society of British Columbia is pleased to welcome Japan’s new Consul General to Vancouver. Consul General Hideki Ito comes to us with a varied background and particular experience in the Middle East. A brief resume of his previous postings follows:
March 1979 Graduated from University of Tokyo (Faculty of Law)
April 1979 Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
December 1993 First Secretary, Embassy of Japan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
January 1996 Promoted to Counsellor
December 1996 Counsellor, Permanent Mission of Japan to the UN (New York)
July 1999 Director, Training Division, Self Defence Agency
August 2001 Director, UN Administration Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
August 2003 Minister, Embassy of Japan, Islamic Republic of Iran
August 2005 Deputy Director-General, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau
September 2007 Minister, Embassy of Japan, Kingdom of Bahrain
July 2009 Consul-General at Vancouver