Diplomatic Examination - Gaikokanshiken

Japanese: 外交官試験 - がいこうかんしけん
Diplomatic Examination - Gaikokanshiken

...To train such diplomats, in modern times, each country has begun to select suitable candidates through competitive examinations and provide them with training and education for a certain period of time both at home and abroad. This modern diplomatic examination was first introduced in the UK in 1853, and in Japan in 1893. However, in the US, there is a strong tradition of a spoils system in which a diplomatic post was promised as a reward for meritorious elections, and it was not until 1924 that professional diplomatic promotion examinations were introduced.

*Some of the terminology mentioned in the "Diplomatic Examination" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このような外交官を養成するため,近代になって,各国は競争試験によって適任者を選抜し,一定期間国内・国外で訓練,研修を施すようになった。この近代的な外交官試験は,イギリスでは1853年ともっとも早く,日本でも93年から開始された。ただアメリカでは選挙の功績に対する報酬として外交官のポストを約束する猟官制の伝統が強く,職業的外交官の登用試験が始まったのはかなり遅れて1924年からのことである。…

※「外交官試験」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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