The Consulate-General of Japan, Surabaya is a Japanese diplomatic mission to Indonesia in Surabaya, East Java. The first Japanese diplomatics in Surabaya was established on 13 March 1920 while the city was under rule of Dutch East Indies. In 1979, the consulate was upgraded its status to Consulate-General. The General-Consulate in Surabaya leads for Japanese diplomatic mission in the 4 provinces and 8 provinces with the consulat office in Makassar. The seat of consulate-general is located at Jalan Sumatera No.93, Gubeng, Surabaya. Masaki Tani is current consul general in Surabaya.
8 December 1941 – Imperial Japanese Army began landing on Malay Peninsula, and simultaneously closed the Japanese Imperial Consulate in Surabaya in Dutch East India, the Japanese Imperial Consulate in Batavia, and the Japanese Imperial Consulate in Medan. The Dutch Empire officially declared war to Japanese Empire
9 March 1942 – the Dutch East Indies government surrendered to Japanese Empire, and Japanese rule began in the region corresponding to the present Indonesia.
14 August 1945 – the Japanese Empire, who suffered a series of consecutive defeats against the United States and the Soviet Union, accepted the Potsdam Declaration, which had been abolished once, and announced its willingness to surrender to the Allied Forces.
15 August 1945 – at around noon of Japanese time, the end of the year's end book was broadcast on the radio, and it is well known that Japan's former Dutch East Indies rule would be abandoned.
27 December 1949 – After more than four years of Indonesian independence war, the Dutch colonial accepts the abandonment of Dutch East Indies and approved Indonesia's independence.
15 April 1958 – The peace treaty between Japan and the Republic of Indonesia and the compensation agreement between Japan and the Republic of Indonesia and Japan-Indonesia diplomatic relations are established.
1979 – the consulate in Surabaya was promoted to the Consulate General.
1980 – the Denpasar Business Office under jurisdiction of the Japanese Consulate General of Surabaya was established in Denpasar, the province capital of Bali.
1 January 2006 – the Deputy Representative Office in Denpasar and its jurisdiction was removed from the jurisdiction of the Japanese Consulate General in Surabaya, and upgraded its status to Consulate-General in Denpasar.
1 January 2009 – Japanese consulate-general in Makassar downgraded its status to just Japanese Representative Office.
1 January 2014 – Japanese Representative Office in Makassar changed to Consular office.
