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Saburō Kurusu

1886 - 1954

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Saburō Kurusu (来栖 三郎, Kurusu Saburō; March 6, 1886 – April 7, 1954) was a Japanese 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 Hirohito was secretly preparing the attack on Pearl Harbor. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Saburō Kurusu is the 49th most popular diplomat (up from 51st in 2019), the 891st most popular biography from Japan (down from 889th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Saburō Kurusu ranks 49 out of 90. Before him are Friedrich Martens, Martin Luther, Amr Moussa, Richard Armitage, Carl Jacob Burckhardt, and Ralph Bunche. After him are Damião de Góis, Victoria Nuland, Ambrogio Contarini, Selahattin Ülkümen, Roger Casement, and Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Saburō Kurusu ranks 132. Before him are Ty Cobb, Jean Hersholt, Rash Behari Bose, Georgios Tsolakoglou, Lucien Gaudin, and May Ziade. After him are Yehuda Ashlag, Fernand Crommelynck, Bertha Krupp, Grigory Neujmin, Otto von Knobelsdorff, and Helen Parkhurst. Among people deceased in 1954, Saburō Kurusu ranks 74. Before him are Henri Laurens, Hugo Eckener, Frans G. Bengtsson, Robert H. Jackson, Samuel Jones, and Lucien Tesnière. After him are Yehuda Ashlag, Rudolf Beran, Emil Leon Post, Theodor Kaluza, Joachim Lemelsen, and Clara Westhoff.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Saburō Kurusu ranks 891 out of 6,245. Before him are Taisen Deshimaru (1914), Kiyoshi Shiga (1871), Takizawa Bakin (1767), Akihiro Miwa (1935), Ashikaga Yoshikazu (1407), and Wakatsuki Reijirō (1866). After him are Masakatsu Miyamoto (1938), Kuniya Daini (1944), Saigyō (1118), Koichi Tanaka (1959), Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu (1905), and Meiko Kaji (1947).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Japan

Among diplomats born in Japan, Saburō Kurusu ranks 4. Before him are Chiune Sugihara (1900), Hasekura Tsunenaga (1571), and Yukiya Amano (1947). After him are Yasushi Akashi (1931).

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