Makoto Watanabe (diplomat)

Makoto Watanabe
渡辺 允
Ambassador of Japan to Jordan
In office 1988–1990
Preceded by	Kira Nakayama
Succeeded by	Tadashi Nonoyama
Director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
In office 1993–1995
Preceded by	Junichi Nakamura
Succeeded by	Kunisada Kume
Grand Chamberlain of Japan
In office 1996–2007
Preceded by	Yamamoto Satoru
Succeeded by	Kawashima Yutaka
Personal details
Born	(1936-05-09)9 May 1936 Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Died	8 February 2022(2022-02-08) (aged 85)
Alma mater	University of Tokyo

Makoto Watanabe (渡辺 允, Watanabe Makoto, 9 May 1936 – 8 February 2022) was a Japanese diplomat.

Biography

Watanabe was born in Tokyo, as a son of Akira Watanabe. He attended Hibiya High School and graduated from the University of Tokyo. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1959. He was Ambassador of Japan to Jordan from 1988 to 1990. He was Grand Chamberlain of Japan from 1996 to 2007 and director-general of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan from 1993 to 1995. He was an adviser to the Imperial Household Agency from 2012 on.

He was strongly opposed to the publication of the book Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne in 2007 and said the Imperial Household Agency could not accept it.

Watanabe died on 8 February 2022, at the age of 85.