[1] Naoki Ito is the current ambassador of Japan in Bangladesh who was appointed on October in 2019.

[3] In 1971, a fund for assistance to the Bangladesh Liberation War was raised in Ginza, Tokyo.

[4] Also in December 1971, Japan urged Pakistan and India to stop their hostile military action against Bengali citizens, and for that reason Japan cut off aid to both countries.

[5] Honorary consulate-general of Japan in Chattogram (Bengali: জাপানের অনারারি কনস্যুলেট জেনারেল, চট্টগ্রাম) is an extended office of Japanese diplomacy beyond its standard network by the embassy.

[6] Since 1990 it has been headed by former Honorary Consul and current Honorary Consul-General Muhammad Nurul Islam, who received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon on November 3, 2012.