was a Japanese diplomat.

Following the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the Japanese and the Italian governments in 1952, was appointed Councellor of the Embassy in Italy

Italy

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. In the late 1960s served as Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, and in that capacity concluded the Japanese-OECD agreement that regulated OECD activities in Japan. In 1972 was appointed Ambassador to the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, and in that capacity signed on behalf of Japan the Brussels Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage and the London Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals. In 1977 served as member of the Brandt Commission

Brandt Report

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 that was appointed under the chairmanship of former West German Prime Minister Willy Brandt

Willy Brandt

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to study world economic development.