| has gloss | eng: The following is a List of German ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Japan | class="wikitable" |- !Inaugural date!!Official Position (Japanese)!!Official Position!!Name |- |January 19, 1863||領事||Consul||Max August Scipio von Brandt |- |February 2, 1867||代理公使||Chargé daffaires||Max August Scipio von Brandt |- |July 20, 1868||総領事||Consul general||Max August Scipio von Brandt |- |January 5, 1869||代理公使||Chargé d’affaires||Max August Scipio von Brandt |- |June 1871||代理公使||Chargé d’affaires||Theodor von Holleben |- |March 30, 1873||弁理公使||Chargé d’affaires||Max August Scipio von Brandt |- |February 1875||代理公使||Chargé d’affaires||Eduard Zappe |- |April 1875||代理公使||Chargé d’affaires||Theodor von Holleben |- |December 3, 1875||弁理公使||Chargé d’affaires||Karl von Eisendecher |- |April 1878 ||代理公使||Chargé d’affaires||Felix Freiherr von Gutschmid |- |June 14, 1880||特命全権公使||Minister Plenipotentiary||Karl von Eisendecher |- |April 24, 1880||特命全権公使||Minister Plenipotentiary||Otto Graf von Dönhoff |- |March 11, 1886||特命全権公使||Minister Plenipotentiary||Theodor von Holleben |- |December 10, 1892||特命全権公使||Minister Plenipotentiary||Felix Freiherr von Gutschmid |- |March 3, 1897||臨時代理公使||Chargé... |