was a Japanese diplomat who served as ambassador to Canada and

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Education

Iguchi attended Hitotsubashi University, before joining the Foreign Ministry.He was educated in the United Kingdom, studying at the University of Oxford from 1921 until 1924.

Diplomatic career

Iguchi worked in the Japanese Consulate in New York City from 1933 until 1935, when he became Japanese consul in Chicago. He served as a counsellor in the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. during the

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. During World War II, he served as spokesperson for Japan's Board of Information. He was responsible for making public announcements criticising Allied actions, such as the sinking of the '' Awa Maru'' in 1945. He was removed from government during the

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. In 1950, he was reinstated as vice minister of foreign affairs. In 1952, he began serving as the first post-war Japanese ambassador to Canada. On January 23, 1954, Iguchi was named the successor of

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. He took up the post in March 1954. In this position, he stressed the importance of free trade for Japan to keep it from falling into

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hands during the

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Personal life

Iguchi was married and had a daughter. He died in Tokyo on May 27, 1980 after suffering from pneumonia.

Selected writing

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Iguchi, Sadao 1899 births 1980 deaths Alumni of the University of Oxford Ambassadors of Japan to the United States Ambassadors of Japan to Canada