Embassy of the Republic of Serbia

HONORARY CONSULATE GENERAL

Mr. Naohide Ueyama, president of Dainihon Jochugiku (Kincho Company) has been appointed Honorary Consul-General of the Republic of Serbia in Osaka. The jurisdiction area of Honorary Consulate General consists of Kinki and Chugoku regions and official exercise of  Honorary Consulate General’ s functions started from August 26, 2004.

The Letter of Commission was handed over to Mr. Ueyama by the former Deputy Foreign Minister of Serbia and Montenegro Mr. Predrag Boskovic, at the ceremony held in the Embassy in Tokyo on September 28, 2004.

Naohide Ueyama is a direct descendant of Eiichiro Ueyama, born in 1862 in Wakayama Prefecture, who had been appointed Honorary Consul in Osaka by Aleksandar I Karađorđević, King of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

Eiichiro Ueyama was impressively successful and respected industrialist and entrepreneur, well known for his contribution to the development of Japanese trade and for establishment and promotion of relations between Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and Japan.

Eichiro Ueyama	Original document of the appointment of Eiichiro Ueyama as Honorary Consul (September 10, 1929)

Kantaro Ueyama, the son of Eiichiro Ueyama, was appointed Honorary Vice Consul of Kingdom of Yugoslavia (The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes had been renamed into Kingdom of Yugoslavia on January 6, 1929).

Kantaro Ueyama, like his father Eiichiro, has also been renowned businessman and exporter.

Kantaro Ueyama	Original document marking the appointment of Kantaro Ueyama as Honorary Consul General (november 15, 1930)

It is suitable to remind that Japan also had Honorary Consul in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, Milutin Stanojević, who had been appointed on January 3, 1929.

Milutin Stanojevic	Original document of the appointment of Milutin Stanojevic as Honorary Consul (January 16, 1929)

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