Harry H. Horinouchi

Consul General Harry H. Horinouchi graduated from Tokyo University’s Faculty of Law in 1980 and entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA). From 1981 to 1983 he studied at Nanjing University’s Faculty of Chinese Language & Literature. From 1983 to 1984, he studied at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Arts & Science, Harvard University.

In 1992 Horinouchi was appointed First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Beijing. Four years later he became Counselor at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C. From 1999 to 2002 he served in Tokyo as Director for the International Agreements Division and the Legal Affairs Division, Treaties Bureau, MOFA. He was then appointed Director of the China and Mongolia Division, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, MOFA.

From 2004 to 2007 Horinouchi served as Minister at the Embassy of Japan in Beijing. He then returned to Tokyo where he served as Deputy Director-General for MOFA’s Intelligence and Analysis Service and for the International Legal Affairs Bureau. In 2010 he was appointed Minister of the Embassy of Japan in Beijing, and a year later was promoted to Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Beijing.