Consulate General of the United States, Osaka

Consulate-General of the United States in Osaka-Kobe
Consulate-General of the United States in Osaka-Kobe
	The U.S. Consulate-General located in Kita-ku, Osaka
Location	Japan
Address	2-11-5, Nishitenma, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-8543
Coordinates	34°41′48.6″N 135°30′6.9″E / 34.696833°N 135.501917°E
Jurisdiction	Kansai region (excluding Mie Prefecture), Shikoku region, Chugoku region, Hokuriku region (excluding Niigata Prefecture)
Consul General	Jason Richard Cubas [ja]
Website	jp.usembassy.gov/ja/embassy-consulates-ja/osaka-ja/

The Consulate-General of the United States in Osaka-Kobe (Japanese: 駐大阪・神戸米国総領事館), commonly referred to as the U.S. Consulate-General in Osaka, is a consular post of the United States in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. The inclusion of "Kobe" in the name stems from its previous location in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture.

The consulate has a public relations division known as the Kansai American Center.^[1]

Its jurisdictional area covers the Hokuriku region (excluding 3 prefectures of Niigata Prefecture), Kansai region (excluding 2 prefectures and 4 cities of Mie Prefecture), Chugoku region (excluding some towns and cities of Yamaguchi Prefecture), and all 4 prefectures of the Shikoku region.

History

In 1867, it was established in Kobe as the U.S. Consulate in Kobe. The consulate in Kobe was closed in 1941 due to the outbreak of the Pacific War between Japan and the U.S. However, it reopened in 1953 after Japan's return to the international community.^[2]

In 1961, the Kobe consulate was elevated to the U.S. Consulate-General in Kobe.^[3] In 1987, the consulate in Kobe was relocated to Osaka, initiating its operations as the Consulate-General of the United States in Osaka-Kobe.^[4]

On January 1, 1985, a bomb-related terrorist incident occurred in Chuo Ward, Kobe. The incident was orchestrated by the Chūkaku-ha, a radical leftist group in Japan. Around 5:57 am, three mortar rounds were fired at the U.S. Consulate in Kobe. Out of the three, two landed within the consulate's premises and one hit a nearby road. Fortunately, no one was harmed. The mortar-launching device was discovered attached to a bench in a nearby park. Following the incident, a man claiming to represent the "Chukaku-ha Revolutionary Army" claimed responsibility for the attack to various media outlets. This act was believed to have been carried out in protest against the strengthening of the Japan-U.S. alliance, as the Prime Minister at the time, Yasuhiro Nakasone, was scheduled to visit the U.S. on the same day.^[5]

Consul general

Name	Start Date	End Date	Notes
Ralph J. Blake	June 1952		^[6]
William C. Sherman	1968	1970	^[7]
William H. Bruns			Records show service in 1975 and 1977^[8]^[9]
Robert Ludan		2002	^[10]
Alexander Almazov	2002	2005	^[11]
Daniel R. Russel	August 2005	August 2008	^[12]
Edward K.H. Dong	September 2008	2011	^[13]
Patrick Joseph Linehan	August 2011	July 2014	Head of the Kansai Consular Corps^[14]^[15]
Allen S. Greenberg	August 2014	2017	^[16]
Karen Kelley	August 2017	July 2020	^[17]^[18]
Colin Fishwick	July 2020	September 2020	Acting Consul General^[19]
Richard Mei Jr.	September 2020	2023	^[20]
Jason Richard Cubas [ja]	2023	(Incumbent)	^[21]