Sadao Iguchi

Iguchi attended Hitotsubashi University, before joining the Foreign Ministry[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E4%BA%95%E5%8F%A3%20%E8%B2%9E%E5%A4%AB-1637842 井口 貞夫（読み）イグチ サダオ]20世紀日本人名事典 .He was educated in the United Kingdom, studying at the University of Oxford from 1921 until 1924.{{cite journal |last1=Iguchi |first1=Sadao |title=The Place of Japan in a Resurgent Asia |journal=The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science |date=1954 |volume=294 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1029223 |issn=0002-7162}}{{rp|13}}

Iguchi worked in the Japanese Consulate in New York City from 1933 until 1935, when he became Japanese consul in Chicago.{{cite news |title=Sadao Iguchi, New Consul for Japan, Arrives Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66575020/sadao-iguchi-new-consul-for-japan/ |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=July 27, 1935 |pages=10}} He served as a counsellor in the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. during the interwar period.

During World War II, he served as spokesperson for Japan's Board of Information. He was responsible for making public announcements criticising Allied actions, such as the sinking of the Awa Maru in 1945.{{cite news |title=Sinking Protested |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66574688/sinking-protested/ |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=Spokane Chronicle |date=April 27, 1945 |pages=14}} He was removed from government during the occupation of Japan.

In 1950, he was reinstated as vice minister of foreign affairs. In 1952, he began serving as the first post-war Japanese ambassador to Canada.

On January 23, 1954, Iguchi was named the successor of Eikichi Araki as ambassador to the United States.{{cite news |title=Sadao Iguchi, Once Purged, Envoy to U.S. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66572799/sadao-iguchi-once-purged-envoy-to-us/ |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=Daily News |date=January 24, 1954 |pages=241}} He took up the post in March 1954.{{cite news |title=Canada, Japan Trade Pact Likely Soon |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66575229/canada-japan-trade-pact-likely-soon/ |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=The Vancouver Sun |date=February 4, 1954 |pages=3}} In this position, he stressed the importance of free trade for Japan to keep it from falling into Communist hands during the Cold War.{{cite news |title=Japan Pledged to Free World |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66574429/japan-pledged-to-free-world/ |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=The Honolulu Advertiser |date=February 13, 1954 |pages=2}}

Iguchi was married to a daughter of Kenkichi Yoshizawa, and had a son, Takeo, who also served as diplomat.{{cite news |title=Canada to Play Key World Role, Retiring Jap Ambassador Says |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66574164/canada-to-play-key-world-role-retiring/ |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=The Gazette |date=March 4, 1954 |pages=17}} He died in Tokyo on May 27, 1980 after suffering from pneumonia.{{cite news |title=Sadao Iguchi - Obituary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/66572409/sadao-iguchi-obituary/ |access-date=January 1, 2021 |work=The Charlotte Observer |date=May 28, 1980 |pages=6}}

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