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Matsuoka Yōsuke (japanisch 松岡 洋右; * 3. März 1880 im Kumage-gun (heute: Murotsumi, Hikari ); † 26. Juni 1946 in Tokio ) war Außenminister Japans im Kabinett von Premierminister Konoe Fumimaro .
Yōsuke Matsuoka (松岡 洋右, Matsuoka Yōsuke, March 4, 1880 – June 27, 1946) was a Japanese diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan during the early stages of World War II. He is best known for his defiant speech at the League of Nations in February 1933, ending Japan's participation in the organization.
Diplomat and statesman. Born in Yamaguchi. He went to the United States at the age of 13, and graduated from Oregon State University with difficulty. Returning to Japan, Matsuoka became a diplomat, and served in many countries including China, Russia, and the United States.
Agony of Choice may not convince everyone of the valiant struggle of Matsuoka Yōsuke. But as a richly textured study of a pivotal figure who may, in more ways than one, be considered representative of his age, it belongs in the library of all serious students of modern Japanese history and diplomacy. As a product of the best of "old school ...
…negotiated by Japanese foreign minister Matsuoka Yosuke, the pact pledged its signatories to come to one another’s help in the event of an attack “by a power not already engaged in war.” Japan also concluded a neutrality pact with the U.S.S.R. on April 13, 1941. Read More
Yosuke Matsuoka (yōsōō´kē mätsōō´ōkä), 1880–1946, Japanese statesman and diplomat. After graduating from the Univ. of Oregon, he served briefly in the foreign ministry and then entered the South Manchurian Railway Company (1921).
Matsuoka Yōsuke. (1880—1946) Quick Reference. (1880–1946), Japanese ambassador to the League of Nations at the time Japan left the League in 1933 because of Japan's occupation of Manchuria (see Manchukuo). He later served as foreign ... From: Matsuoka Yōsuke in The Oxford Companion to World War II » Subjects: History — Military History.
