Masaki Orita

Masaki Orita (折田 正樹 Orita Masaki, born 1942 in Tokyo) is a Japanese lawyer specializing in international law. He is on the board of directors of the NGO Japan Center for Conflict Prevention.

During the 1990s he served as Director-General of the North American Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and as Japanese Ambassador to Denmark and Lithuania. From 2001 to 2004 he was the Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom. In 2005 served as Special Envoy for UN Reform on behalf of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1] He is a member of the Japanese chapter of the International Law Association.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Sadayuki Hayashi
Ambassador of Japan to United Kingdom
2001-2004
Succeeded by
Yoshiji Nogami
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