was a Japanese diplomat who served as ambassador to Canada and

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Education

Iguchi attended

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, before joining the

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.He was educated in the

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, studying at the

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from 1921 until 1924.

Diplomatic career

Iguchi worked in the Japanese Consulate in

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from 1933 until 1935, when he became Japanese consul in

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. He served as a counsellor in the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. during the interwar period. During

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, 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

occupation of Japan Japan was occupied and administered by the victorious Allies of World War II from the 1945 surrender of the Empire of Japan at the end of the war until the Treaty of San Francisco took effect in 1952. The occupation, led by the United States ...

. 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 Eikichi Araki as

. He took up the post in March 1954. In this position, he stressed the importance of

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for Japan to keep it from falling into

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hands during the Cold War.

Personal life

Iguchi was married and had a daughter. He died in

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on May 27, 1980 after suffering from

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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