Ten Years in Japan

…After serving as minister and ambassador to Denmark, Switzerland, Turkey, and other countries, he became ambassador to Japan in 1932. He was one of the leading Americans with knowledge of Japan before World War II, and his major work, Ten Years in Japan (1944), is important for understanding his views of Japan. He returned to the United States when war broke out between Japan and the United States in 1941, but served as counselor to the State Department, director of the Far Eastern Bureau, and Under Secretary of State, and when drafting the Potsdam Declaration, he advised President Truman to retain the Emperor System. …

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…その後，デンマーク，スイス，トルコなどの公使，大使を歴任したあと32年に駐日大使となった。第2次大戦前のアメリカの代表的知日家の一人であり，主著《滞日十年Ten Years in Japan》(1944)は彼の日本観を知るうえで重要である。41年の日米開戦で帰国するが，国務省顧問，極東局長，国務次官をつとめ，ポツダム宣言起草にあたっては，トルーマン大統領に天皇制を残すよう進言した。…

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