was a Japanese diplomat and Olympic Games activist.
Biography
He was born on March 5, 1877, in
Aichi Prefecture.
He served in the Japanese delegation to the
League of Nations
The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ...
in 1920, and served as Japanese Ambassador to Sweden and Finland in 1925–1930. In 1930, he formed part of the Japanese delegation to the
London Naval Conference. He served as Ambassador to Germany from April 1933 to October 1934. In 1936, he served as Minister of Transportation, and was an active supporter of naval expansion plans. In 1937, he was active in the Japanese governmental committee which was charged with preparing the
Olympic games scheduled to take place in Tokyo in 1940, which was eventually cancelled. He also served as a member of the
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
in 1939–1950.
He received the Grand Cross of the Royal Swedish
Order of the Polar Star
The Royal Order of the Polar Star ( Swedish: ''Kungliga Nordstjärneorden'') is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim.
The Order of t ...
in 1928. He died on April 19, 1957.
See also
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List of Ambassadors of Japan to Finland
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List of Japanese ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Germany
The List of Japanese ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Germany started when Samejima Naonobu presented his credentials to the German government in 1870.
List
This is a chronological list of Japanese diplomats.
In 2013, the head of the Ja ...
References
External links
Hiroshi Momose, Japan's Relations with Finland, 1919–1944, as Reflected by Japanese Source MaterialsRicky W. Law, "Runner-up: Japan in the German Mass Media during the 1936 Olympic Games" ''Southeast Review of Asian Studies'', 31 (2009) 164–180
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Ambassadors of Japan to Belgium
Ambassadors of Japan to Denmark
Ambassadors of Japan to Finland
Ambassadors of Japan to Germany
Ambassadors of Japan to Norway
Ambassadors of Japan to Sweden
Permanent Representatives of Japan to the League of Nations
International Olympic Committee members
Government ministers of Japan
1877 births
1957 deaths
Members of the House of Peers (Japan)
Recipients of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, 1st class
Grand Cordons of the Order of the Rising Sun
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