Julia Longbottom CMG (born 13 July 1963) is a British diplomat and the current Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Japan since March 2021.

[2] Longbottom was educated at Bradford Girls' Grammar School in West Yorkshire, and Jesus College, Cambridge, where she gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and German.

[3] Longbottom joined the Diplomatic Service at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) immediately after graduating from Cambridge in 1986.

[1] In December 2020, it was announced that Longbottom would replace the retiring Paul Madden as the British Ambassador to Japan.

[5] Longbottom married Richard Sciver at Bolton Abbey in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, on 28 December 1990 while on leave from her position in Tokyo.