Diane Abgar (1859-1937) was appointed, in 1920, ambassador of Armenia to Japan. She was the first woman ambassador to Japan and the first Armenian woman ambassador. She corresponded with President Woodrow Wilson regarding the International Congress. She descended from Iranian merchant families who had settled in the Far East. After the WWI she lectured on the Genocide in Japan, became a public personality in that country and wrote for the Japanese newspapers. She also helped Armenian refugees who had fled the Bolshevik Revolution and sought sanctuary in the Far East.  She helped about 500 Armenian refugees to travel from Vladivostok to the US. She was born in Rangoon, Burma (Yangon, Myanmar) and died in Yokohama, Japan.

Diane Abgar (1859-1937) was appointed, in 1920, ambassador of Armenia to Japan. She was the first woman ambassador to Japan and the first Armenian woman ambassador. She corresponded with President Woodrow Wilson regarding the International Congress. She descended from Iranian merchant families who had settled in the Far East. After the WWI she lectured on the Genocide in Japan, became a public personality in that country and wrote for the Japanese newspapers. She also helped Armenian refugees who had fled the Bolshevik Revolution and sought sanctuary in the Far East.  She helped about 500 Armenian refugees to travel from Vladivostok to the US. She was born in Rangoon, Burma (Yangon, Myanmar) and died in Yokohama, Japan.