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| Naotake Satō | |
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| 佐藤 尚武 | |
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| Foreign Minister of Japan | |
| In office 3 March 1937 – 4 June 1937 | |
| Prime Minister | Senjūrō Hayashi |
| Preceded by | Senjūrō Hayashi |
| Succeeded by | Kōki Hirota |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1882-10-30)30 October 1882 Osaka, Japan |
| Died | 18 December 1971(1971-12-18) (aged 89) Tokyo, Japan |
| Spouse | Fumi Satō |
Naotake Satō (佐藤 尚武, Satō Naotake, 30 October 1882 – 18 December 1971) was a Japanese diplomat and politician. He was born in Osaka, graduated from the Tokyo Higher Commercial School (東京高等商業学校, Tōkyō Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō, now Hitotsubashi University) in 1904, attended the consul course of the same institute, and finished studying there in 1905.
Biography
He was born on October 30, 1882, in Osaka.
He was an active politician and diplomat. In 1905, he passed the Foreign Service exam and started to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After serving as Mukden Consul General and executive secretary of the London Naval Treaty, he served as Imperial Japan's Ambassador to Belgium in 1930 and to France in 1933. He became Minister of Foreign Affairs (Senjūrō Hayashi Cabinet) in March 1937, and resigned in June 1937, then was assigned as Diplomatic Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under 1st Fumimaro Konoye Cabinet and Hideki Tojo Cabinet.
He served from 1942 as the last Imperial Japanese Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. before the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, upon the request of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shigenori Tōgō. As Minister, he worked hard to avert war at the Imperial Diet. One of his missions as Japan's Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. was to seek peace with the Allies through the assistance of the U.S.S.R. due to Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact.
However, Satō judged and reported to Tokyo that it was unlikely that the U.S.S.R. would assist Imperial Japan, because it was highly likely that Japan would lose the war, and urged an end to the war as early as possible. On August 8, 1945, he was invited to the Kremlin by the U.S.S.R. Foreign Minister, Vyacheslav Molotov, and received the Soviet declaration of war against Imperial Japan. After the war, he was elected to the House of Councillors of the National Diet of Japan in 1947, and served as a President of the House of Councillors from 1949 to 1953.
He died on December 18, 1971, in Tokyo.
References
- Carter W. Clarke (29 July 1945). "MAGIC" - DIPLOMATIC SUMMARY (PDF) (Report). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
- List of President on the Web site of House of Councillors in Japanese
| Preceded byYoshitsugu Tatekawa | Ambassador of Japan to the Soviet Union 1942–1945 |
Succeeded byPosition terminated as the Soviet government declared war on the Japanese Empire |
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