{"id":70971,"date":"2025-04-11T21:57:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T12:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/apr\/11\/hiroshi-suzuki-japanese-ambassador-love-uk-social-media-star"},"modified":"2025-04-11T21:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T12:57:19","slug":"feelings-mutual-japan-ambassadors-love-of-uk-makes-him-social-media-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=70971","title":{"rendered":"Feeling\u2019s mutual: Japan ambassador\u2019s love of UK makes him social media star"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pint at the pub, vinegar on fish and chips, and Welsh national anthem are all part of a day\u2019s diplomacy for Hiroshi Suzuki<\/p>\n

Hiroshi Suzuki\u2019s connection with the UK started in the 1990s when he started to visit friends of his wife in south-west England.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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