[2] Following the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy on December 7, 1941,[3] both nations entered a state of war.

On April 29, 1952, with the enactment of the Treaty of San Francisco, the post was again renamed to the "Consulate of the United States, Nagoya".

[5] In March 1986, the U.S. Consulate Kobe's Nagoya branch office was established.

[2] On December 2, 1993, the Consulate of the United States, Nagoya was reopened after 23 years.

consul reports to State Department, not the respective country's ambassador)