Ichirō Fujisaki

is a Japanese diplomat who was the Japanese Ambassador to the United States from 2008 to 2012. He was previously the Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations and to the World Trade Organization.

Biography Fujisaki was born in Kagoshima Prefecture. He attended junior high school in Seattle, Washington as an exchange student in the 1960s. He graduated from Keio Jr. High and Keio High School. He received a degree in economics from Keio University. He then attended Stanford University Graduate School, department of political science.

Fujisaki entered the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1969. Over the course of his diplomatic career, Fujisaki served as director-general of the North American Affairs Bureau in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs and overseas in Jakarta, London, and Paris.

He is now a guest professor at Keio University.

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