Satō Naotake

Satō Naotake during his time as House of Lords 1949-53

Satō Naotake ( Japanese 佐藤 尚武 ; born October 30, 1882 in Osaka Prefecture , Japanese Empire ; † December 18, 1971 in Japan) was a Japanese diplomat and politician .

Life

Satō graduated from Tokyo Higher Commercial School ( 東京 高等 商業 学校 , Tōkyō Kōtō Shōgyō Gakkō ), now Hitotsubashi University , in 1904 . A year later he passed the diplomatic service entrance exam and accepted a position at the Japanese Foreign Ministry . After serving as the Japanese consul general in Mukden and as chief secretary in the negotiation of the London Naval Treaty , he served as the Japanese ambassador to Belgium and France between 1930 and 1933 . In March 1937 he became foreign minister in the short-lived cabinet of Hayashi Senjūrō . In the subsequent first cabinet of Konoe Fumimaro and under Tōjō Hideki he served as a foreign policy advisor. In 1942 he followed the request of the then Foreign Minister Tōgō Shigenori and became Japan's ambassador to the Soviet Union . He stayed that way until the Soviet invasion of Manchuria in August 1945. During his time as ambassador, he was supposed to try to expand cooperation between the two states on the basis of the Japanese-Soviet neutrality pact and possibly persuade the Soviet Union to support the Japanese war efforts in the Pacific War , which was steadily rejected due to the deteriorating situation for Japan.

In 1947 Satō was elected to the new Japanese House of Lords, the Sangiin , for Aomori Prefecture and belonged to the Ryokufūkai faction, in 1953 and 1959 he was re-elected for two further terms. From 1949 to 1953 he was President of the Sangiin.

Awards

In 1931 he received the Order of the Holy Treasure , 1st class, in 1934 the Order of the Rising Sun , 1st class and posthumously the special order of the Paulownia Blossom. He also held the second following court rank .

Remarks

1. ↑ Sangiin : List of former MPs ( Memento of the original from September 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
2. ↑ The Senkyo: Sangiin election 1959, Aomori constituency result ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ List of the presidents of the Sangiin on its website (Japanese). Retrieved June 14, 2011.
4. ↑ 旧 ・ 勲 一等 瑞宝 章 受 章 者 一 覧 (戦 前 の 部) . The Nakano Library, accessed June 14, 2011 (Japanese). 
5. ↑ 旧 ・ 勲 一等 旭日 大 綬 章 受 章 者 一 覧 (戦 前 の 部) . The Nakano Library, accessed June 14, 2011 (Japanese). 

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Satō is the family name, Naotake the first name.