Masayuki Tani | |
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谷正之 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 17 September 1942 – 21 April 1943 | |
Prime Minister | Hideki Tōjō |
Preceded by | Shigenori Tōgō |
Succeeded by | Mamoru Shigemitsu |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 September 1889 Kumamoto prefecture, Japan |
Died | 16 October 1962 (aged 73) Tokyo, Japan |
Masayuki Tani (谷正之) (2 September 1889 – 16 October 1962) [1] was a Japanese diplomat and politician who was briefly foreign minister of Japan from September 1942 to 21 April 1943 during World War II.
Tani was a career diplomat before assuming ministerial roles. [2] More specifically, he served at the embassy in France (1918-1923), United States (1927–1930) and Manchukuo (1933–1936). [1] In 1930, he was chief of Asian Bureau in the ministry of foreign affairs. [3] He also worked as counsellor to the Japanese embassy in Xinjing and as ambassador-at-large in China. [4]
He served as vice minister of foreign affairs in the cabinet of Mitsumasa Yonai [5] when appointed under then foreign minister Kichisaburō Nomura on 24 September 1939. [6]
Then Tani served as information chief and also, foreign minister in the cabinet of Hideki Tōjō. [7] He was appointed foreign minister on 17 September 1942. [8] [9] During his tenure, Japan continued to encourage a separate peace between Germany and the Soviet Union. [8] However, his term was short. Since bureaucrats in the ministry of foreign affairs resented Tani, [2] on 21 April 1943, he was replaced by Mamoru Shigemitsu. [10] After that, he received Shigemitsu's former post of Japanese ambassador in Nanjing to the Reorganized National Government of China. [11]
After World War II, Tani was detained as a suspect of war crimes until December 1948. [7] However, he was not convicted. [7] Then he served again as Japan's ambassador to the United States from March 1956 to April 1957, [12] becoming the third post-war ambassador of Japan to the US. [7]
Tani was married and had three children, a daughter and two sons. [7]
Masayuki Tani | |
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谷正之 | |
Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
In office 17 September 1942 – 21 April 1943 | |
Prime Minister | Hideki Tōjō |
Preceded by | Shigenori Tōgō |
Succeeded by | Mamoru Shigemitsu |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 September 1889 Kumamoto prefecture, Japan |
Died | 16 October 1962 (aged 73) Tokyo, Japan |
Masayuki Tani (谷正之) (2 September 1889 – 16 October 1962) [1] was a Japanese diplomat and politician who was briefly foreign minister of Japan from September 1942 to 21 April 1943 during World War II.
Tani was a career diplomat before assuming ministerial roles. [2] More specifically, he served at the embassy in France (1918-1923), United States (1927–1930) and Manchukuo (1933–1936). [1] In 1930, he was chief of Asian Bureau in the ministry of foreign affairs. [3] He also worked as counsellor to the Japanese embassy in Xinjing and as ambassador-at-large in China. [4]
He served as vice minister of foreign affairs in the cabinet of Mitsumasa Yonai [5] when appointed under then foreign minister Kichisaburō Nomura on 24 September 1939. [6]
Then Tani served as information chief and also, foreign minister in the cabinet of Hideki Tōjō. [7] He was appointed foreign minister on 17 September 1942. [8] [9] During his tenure, Japan continued to encourage a separate peace between Germany and the Soviet Union. [8] However, his term was short. Since bureaucrats in the ministry of foreign affairs resented Tani, [2] on 21 April 1943, he was replaced by Mamoru Shigemitsu. [10] After that, he received Shigemitsu's former post of Japanese ambassador in Nanjing to the Reorganized National Government of China. [11]
After World War II, Tani was detained as a suspect of war crimes until December 1948. [7] However, he was not convicted. [7] Then he served again as Japan's ambassador to the United States from March 1956 to April 1957, [12] becoming the third post-war ambassador of Japan to the US. [7]
Tani was married and had three children, a daughter and two sons. [7]