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Yōsuke Matsuoka (松岡 洋右, Matsuoka Yōsuke, March 4, 1880 – June 27, 1946) was a Japanese diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan during the early stages of World War II. He is best known for his defiant speech at the League of Nations in February 1933, ending Japan's participation in the organization.
Diplomat and statesman. Born in Yamaguchi. He went to the United States at the age of 13, and graduated from Oregon State University with difficulty. Returning to Japan, Matsuoka became a diplomat, and served in many countries including China, Russia, and the United States.
Jun 22, 2011 · Learn about the life and career of Yosuke Matsuoka, a Japanese diplomat who played a key role in Japan's alliance with Germany and Russia before World War II. See his timeline, photos, and sources on this web page.
Yosuke Matsuoka (yōsōō´kē mätsōō´ōkä), 1880–1946, Japanese statesman and diplomat. After graduating from the Univ. of Oregon, he served briefly in the foreign ministry and then entered the South Manchurian Railway Company (1921).
Matsuoka was a Japanese diplomat who played a key role in Japan’s foreign relations from the 1900s through the early 1940s. He also happened to have a strong connection to the state of Oregon.
In World War II: Japanese policy, 1939–41. …negotiated by Japanese foreign minister Matsuoka Yosuke, the pact pledged its signatories to come to one another’s help in the event of an attack “by a power not already engaged in war.”.
Feb 23, 2024 · "Agony of Choice, the life of Japanese statesman and diplomat Matsuoka Yosuke, offers a vivid narrative of twentieth-century Japanese diplomatic history. Matsuoka was an American-educated Japanese foreign minister who became a vocal advocate for Japanese expansionism, echoing the America he so admired
