Katsuo Okazaki - Okazaki bonito

Japanese: 岡崎勝男 - おかざきかつお

Born: July 10, 1897 in Kanagawa
Died: October 10, 1965. Tokyo diplomat and politician. Graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1922. Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1945, he became the first director of the Central Liaison Office for the Termination of the War. In 1947, as Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, he was involved in the end of the war affairs and negotiations with the occupying forces. In 1949, he became a member of the House of Representatives, and in 1951, he became Minister of State (Director-General of the Reparations Agency), and in 1952, Minister of Foreign Affairs. He assisted Shigeru Yoshida throughout his career as a close aide to Yoshida, and was instrumental in negotiating the peace treaty with Japan, and in concluding the Japan-U.S. Administrative Agreement and the MSA. He lost the 1955 House of Representatives election. He retired from politics, but returned to his position as ambassador to the United Nations in 1961. He was a faithful promoter of Yoshida's postwar diplomacy.

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Japanese:

[生]1897.7.10. 神奈川
[没]1965.10.10. 東京
外交官，政治家。 1922年，東京大学を卒業。外務省に入る。 45年終戦連絡中央事務局の初代長官。 47年外務次官として終戦事務，占領軍との折衝にあたる。 49年衆議院議員となり，51年国務相 (賠償庁長官) ，52年外相。終始吉田茂の側近として吉田外交を補佐し，対日講和条約交渉，日米行政協定や MSA協定の締結に尽力した。 55年衆議院選挙で落選。政界から身を引いたが，61年，国連大使に返り咲いた。戦後の吉田外交の忠実な推進者であった。

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