Masato Watanabe

Ambassador of Japan in Bulgaria

Ambassador Masato Watanabe

Born in Sendai, Miyagi

April 1980 Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs

August 1999 Director, Central and Eastern Europe Division, European Bureau

March 2001 Director, Russian Division, European Bureau

July 2001 Director, Technical Cooperation Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau

August 2002 Director, Loan Aid Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau

August 2003 Director, Aid Policy Division, Economic Cooperation Bureau

August 2004 Minister, Embassy of Japan in Indonesia

Nov 2007 Deputy Director-General, International Cooperation Bureau

July 2009 Director General, General Affairs Department, JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency)

Sept 2011 Vice-President, JICA

Oct 2013 Consul-General of Japan in San Francisco

July 2015 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh