biography
pronunciation:
[yosheeda]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1878–1967)
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| biography:
| Japanese statesman and prime minister (1946–7, 1948–54), born in Tokyo, Japan. He studied at Tokyo Imperial University, entered diplomacy in 1906, and after service in several capitals was vice-minister for foreign affairs. He was ambassador to Italy (1930–2) and ambassador in London (1936–8). During World War 2 he tried to persuade the Japanese to surrender early in 1945. He became foreign minister (Oct 1945), and formed the government which inaugurated the new constitution in 1946. He was re-elected in 1950 and resigned in 1954, retiring from politics soon after. |
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