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Saburō Kurusu
Japanese diplomat / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saburō Kurusu (来栖 三郎, Kurusu Saburō, March 6, 1886 – April 7, 1954) was a Japanese career diplomat. He is remembered now as an envoy who tried to negotiate peace and understanding with the United States while the Japanese government under Emperor Shōwa was secretly preparing the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Saburō Kurusu | |
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来栖 三郎 | |
![]() Kurusu in 27 November 1941 | |
Born | (1886-03-06)March 6, 1886 |
Died | April 7, 1954(1954-04-07) (aged 68) |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Spouse | Alice Jay Little (m. 1914) |
Children | Ryō, Jaye, Teruko Pia |
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As Imperial Japan's ambassador to Germany from 1939 to November 1941, he signed the Tripartite Pact along with the foreign ministers of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on September 27, 1940.[1]