It is located in Suite 1600 Tower 400 of the GM Renaissance Center in Downtown Detroit, Michigan.

[3] It was also established due to an increase in the numbers of Japanese businesses and residents in the states of Michigan and Ohio.

[4] Officials from the American and Japanese governments hoped that the consulate opening would ease trade-related tensions.

[6] It was scheduled to open on January 11, 1993 in an unspecified hotel facility,[7] which was in Downtown Detroit.

[9] After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami occurred, the consulate received over 200 donations with a total of over $268,000.