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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jamie Grierson

Feeling’s mutual: Japan ambassador’s love of UK makes him social media star

Hiroshi Suzuki points at a small cake at a dinner
Hiroshi Suzuki enjoys another delight in the UK. Photograph: @AmbJapanUK/X

Hiroshi Suzuki’s connection with the UK started in the 1990s when he started to visit friends of his wife in south-west England.

Back then, he may have had no idea that by 2025 he would be serving as the Japanese ambassador to the UK and his love for the country would have turned him into a social media sensation.

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