歴代米国の駐日大使着任年月日（1952-2001）

With the implementation of a peace treaty with Japan the United States established the Embassy at Tokyo on April 28, 1952.

Robert D. Murphy was appointed the first U.S. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and he presented his credentials on May 9, 1952.
Ambassador Murphy was succeeded by John M. Allison, May 28, 1953;
Douglas MacArthur 2nd, February 25, 1957;
Edwin O. Reischauer, April 27, 1961;
U. Alexis Johnson, November 8, 1966;
Armin H. Meyer, July 3, 1969;
Robert Steven Ingersoll, April 12, 1972;
James D. Hodgson, July 19, 1974;
Michael J. Mansfield, June 10, 1977;
Michael Hayden Armacost, May 15, 1989;
Walter F. Mondale, September 21, 1993;
Thomas S. Foley, November 19, 1997;
Howard Baker, Jr., July 5, 2001.