Biographical Data

Name:	Kenji Shinoda
Currently:	Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C.
Date of Birth:	September 27, 1953
Languages:	Japanese, English, Russian
Career outline:
1976	Entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), Tokyo
1979	Graduated from Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Harvard University
1980	Second Secretary, Embassy of Japan in the USSR
1982	Assistant Director of the Soviet Division, MOFA
1984	Assistant Director of the Northeast Asia Division, MOFA
1986	Deputy Director of the Treaties Division, MOFA
1990	First Secretary, Embassy of Japan, Washington,
1993	Counselor, Embassy of Japan in the Russian Federation
1995	Director of the Second Middle East Division, Middle Eastern & African Affairs Bureau, MOFA
1996	Director of the Russian Division, European & Oceanic Affairs Bureau, MOFA
1999	Minister, Embassy of Japan in the Russian Federation
2002	Deputy Director-General, Treaties Bureau, MOFA
2003	Deputy Director-General European Affairs Bureau, MOFA
2005	Assistant Vice-Minister, MOFA
2006	Consul-General of Japan in Chicago, Illinois
2008	Minister Plenipotentiary (DCM), Embassy of Japan, Washington, D.C.