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{{Short description|Japanese athlete and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Katsuo Okazaki
|name = Katsuo Okazaki
|image = Katsuo Okazaki.jpg
|image = Katsuo Okazaki.jpg
|office1 = [[Chief Cabinet Secretary]]
|office1 = [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]]
|primeminister1 = [[Shigeru Yoshida]]
|primeminister1 = [[Shigeru Yoshida]]
|term_start1 = 6 May 1950
|term_start1 = 30 October 1952
|term_end1 = 26 December 1951
|term_end1 = 9 December 1954
|predecessor1 = Kaneshichi Masuda
|predecessor1 = [[Shigeru Yoshida]]
|successor1 = Shigeru Hori
|successor1 = [[Mamoru Shigemitsu]]
|office2 = [[Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan)|Minister for Foreign Affairs]]
|office2 = [[Chief Cabinet Secretary]]
|primeminister2 = [[Shigeru Yoshida]]
|primeminister2 = [[Shigeru Yoshida]]
|term_start2 = 30 October 1952
|term_start2 = 6 May 1950
|term_end2 = 9 December 1954
|term_end2 = 26 December 1951
|predecessor2 = [[Shigeru Yoshida]]
|predecessor2 = Kaneshichi Masuda
|successor2 = [[Mamoru Shigemitsu]]
|successor2 = Shigeru Hori
|office3 = [[Shanghai Municipal Council#List of Chairmen of the Shanghai Municipal Council|Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council]]
|office3 = [[Shanghai Municipal Council#List of Chairmen of the Shanghai Municipal Council|Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council]]
|term_start3 = January 1942
|term_start3 = 5 January 1942
|term_end3 = July 1943
|term_end3 = 1 August 1943
|predecessor3 = [[John Hellyer Liddell]]
|predecessor3 = [[John Hellyer Liddell]]
|successor3 = Council disbanded
|successor3 = Council disbanded
|birth_date = 10 July 1897
|birth_date = 10 July 1897
|birth_place = [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]
|birth_place = [[Kanagawa Prefecture|Kanagawa]], Japan
|death_date = {{death date and age|1965|10|10|1897|7|10|df=y}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1965|10|10|1897|7|10|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
|death_place = Tokyo, Japan
|party = [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] <small>(1955-1963)</small>
|party = [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party]] <small>(1955–1963)</small>
|otherparty = [[Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)|Democratic Liberal Party]] <small>(1949-1950)</small><br>[[Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)|Liberal Party]] <small>(1950-1955)</small>
|otherparty = [[Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)|Democratic Liberal Party]] <small>(1949–1950)</small><br>[[Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)|Liberal Party]] <small>(1950–1955)</small>
|alma_mater = [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]]
|alma_mater = [[University of Tokyo|Tokyo Imperial University]]
}}
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{{nihongo|'''Katsuo Okazaki'''|岡崎 勝男|Okazaki Katsuo|extra=10 July 1897 &ndash; 10 October 1965}} was a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] sportsman, diplomat and [[political figure]]. He served as the Japanese foreign minister in the 1950s. He was also the final - and only Japanese - chairman of the [[Shanghai Municipal Council]].
{{nihongo|'''Katsuo Okazaki'''|岡崎 勝男|Okazaki Katsuo|extra=10 July 1897 &ndash; 10 October 1965}} was a Japanese sportsman, diplomat and [[political figure]]. He served as the Japanese foreign minister in the 1950s. He was also the final – and only Japanese – chairman of the [[Shanghai Municipal Council]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/72571 |title=Katsuo Okazaki |work=Olympedia |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
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==Sporting prowess==
==Sporting prowess==


Okazaki participated in the 1924 Paris Olympic Summer Games, qualifying for the [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5,000 m]] final with a time of 15.22.2e.<ref>Sports Reference for Katsuo Okazaki http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ok/katsuo-okazaki-1.html</ref> In the final, he fainted in the heatwave and was carried away by medics.<ref>{{cite book | last=Raevuori | first=Antero | year=1997 | title=Paavo Nurmi, juoksijoiden kuningas | publisher=[[Bonnier Group|WSOY]] | page=174 | edition=2nd | language=Finnish | isbn=951-0-21850-2 | ref=harv}}</ref> He had much success at the [[Far Eastern Championship Games]], winning the [[mile run]] at the [[Athletics at the 1921 Far Eastern Championship Games|1921 Games]] then doing a middle-distance double in the mile and 880 yards at the [[Athletics at the 1923 Far Eastern Championship Games|1923 event in Osaka]].<ref name=GBR>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/fec.htm Far Eastern Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-18.</ref>
Okazaki participated in the 1924 Paris Olympic Summer Games, qualifying for the [[Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's 5000 metres|5,000 m]] final with a time of 15.22.2e.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417184419/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ok/katsuo-okazaki-1.html Sports Reference for Katsuo Okazaki]</ref> In the final, he fainted in the heatwave and was carried away by medics.<ref>{{cite book | last=Raevuori | first=Antero | year=1997 | title=Paavo Nurmi, juoksijoiden kuningas | publisher=[[Bonnier Group|WSOY]] | page=174 | edition=2nd | language=Finnish | isbn=951-0-21850-2 }}</ref> He had much success at the [[Far Eastern Championship Games]], winning the [[mile run]] at the [[Athletics at the 1921 Far Eastern Championship Games|1921 Games]] then doing a middle-distance double in the mile and 880 yards at the [[Athletics at the 1923 Far Eastern Championship Games|1923 event in Osaka]].<ref name=GBR>[http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/fec.htm Far Eastern Championships]. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-18.</ref>


==Consular Positions==
==Consular positions==
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Okasaki served as second secretary to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. in the early 1930s.<ref>T Maga, ''Judgment at Tokyo: The Japanese War Crimes Trials'', p. 41</ref>


⚫
He also served in numerous positions in China during the 1930s, including serving as Japanese Consul-General in [[Nanjing]] after the [[Battle of Nanking|Fall of Nanking]] to the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] and during the [[Nanking Massacre]]. In 1938, he was serving as Japanese Consul General in Canton.<ref>''China Monthly Review'' Volume 86, page 422</ref> In October 1939 was appointed Japanese Consul at Hong Kong, a position he held until January 1941.<ref>[http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1939/594650.pdf ''Hong Kong Government Gazette'', October 25, 1939]</ref>
⚫
Okasaki served as second secretary to the Japanese Embassy in [[Washington DC]] in the early 1930s.<ref>T Maga, "Judgment at Tokyo: The Japanese War Crimes Trials", p41</ref>

⚫
He also served in numerous positions in China during the 1930s, including serving as Japanese Consul-General in [[Nanjing]] after the [[Battle of Nanking|Fall of Nanking]] to the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] and during the [[Nanking Massacre]]. In 1938, he was serving as Japanese Consul General in Canton.<ref>China Monthly Review - Volume 86 - Page 422</ref> In October 1939 was appointed Japanese Consul at [[Hong Kong]], a position he held until January 1941.<ref>[http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkgro/view/g1939/594650.pdf Hong Kong Government Gazette, October 25, 1939]</ref>


==Shanghai Municipal Council==
==Shanghai Municipal Council==


In early January 1942 he was appointed as Chairman of the [[Shanghai Municipal Council]] after the British and American members resigned following the commencement of the [[Pacific War]] and the occupation of the [[Shanghai International Settlement]] by Japanese troops.<ref>New York Times, Jan 9, 1942, p4</ref> He served until 1943 when the Council was disbanded.
In early January 1942 Okazaki was appointed as Chairman of the [[Shanghai Municipal Council]] after the British and American members resigned following the commencement of the [[Pacific War]] and the occupation of the [[Shanghai International Settlement]] by Japanese troops.<ref>New York Times, Jan 9, 1942, p4</ref> After the resignation of the Commissioner General, [[G. Godfrey Phillips]] which took effect from 1 March 1942, Okasaki also took over the role of Commissioner General in an honorary capacity.<ref>Shanghai Municipal Council Annual Report, 1942, p6</ref> He served until 1943 when the council was disbanded.


==Surrender of Japan==
==Surrender of Japan==


[[File:Surrender of Japan - USS Missouri.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The Japanese representatives on board [[USS Missouri (BB-63)|USS ''Missouri'']] during the surrender ceremonies on 2 September 1945. Okazaki is in the second row, second from the left (in top hat).]]
[[File:Surrender of Japan - USS Missouri.jpg|thumb|left|The Japanese representatives on board [[USS Missouri (BB-63)|USS ''Missouri'']] during the surrender ceremonies on 2 September 1945. Okazaki is in the second row, second from the left (in top hat).]]
Okazaki was took part in the surrender negotiations between the Japanese emissaries and American military officials on [[Iejima]] in 1945. He was present as a representative of Japan at the formal surrender on 2 September 1945.
Okazaki took part in the surrender negotiations between the Japanese emissaries and American military officials on [[Iejima]] in 1945. He was present as a representative of Japan at the formal surrender on 2 September 1945 aboard the {{USS|Missouri}}.


==Post-War Political and Diplomatic Career==
==Post-war political and diplomatic career==
[[File:Okazaki Katsuo.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Okazaki in 1951]]
[[File:Okazaki Katsuo.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Okazaki in 1951]]
Okazaki was elected to the [[Japanese House of Representatives]] in 1949. In 1951, he was appointed by Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida as Chief Cabinet Secretary and state minister without portfolio.<ref name="Obituary, New York Times 1965, p47"/>
Okazaki was elected to the [[Japanese House of Representatives]] in 1949. In 1951, he was appointed by Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida as Chief Cabinet Secretary and state minister without portfolio.<ref name="Obituary, New York Times 1965, p47" />


In 1952, he was appointed Foreign Minister and served in that position until 1954. In 1954, building on work by Ikeda, Okazaki signed a [[U.S. and Japan Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement|Mutual Security Assistance (MSA) Agreement]] with U.S. Ambassador [[John Moore Allison|John Allison]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Japan Among the Powers, 1890-1990 |first=Sydney |last=Geffard |year=1997 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-06891-7|id=ISBN 0-300-06891-3 }}</ref>
In 1952, he was appointed Foreign Minister and served in that position until 1954. In 1954, building on work by Ikeda, Okazaki signed a [[U.S. and Japan Mutual Defense Assistance Agreement|Mutual Security Assistance (MSA) Agreement]] with U.S. Ambassador [[John Moore Allison|John Allison]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Japan Among the Powers, 1890-1990 |first=Sydney |last=Geffard |year=1997 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-06891-7}}</ref>


In 1961 he was called out of retirement to serve in the United Nations in what was described at the time as a move to strengthen the Japanese delegation. He served as Japan's delegate to the United Nations from April 1961 to July 1963.<ref name="Washington Post 1965">Washington Post, October 12, 1965, pC4</ref>
In 1961 he was called out of retirement to serve in the United Nations in what was described at the time as a move to strengthen the Japanese delegation. He served as Japan's delegate to the United Nations from April 1961 to July 1963.<ref name="Washington Post 1965">''Washington Post'', October 12, 1965, pC4</ref>


==Death==
==Death==
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==Family members==
==Family members==


Okazaki was married to Shimako which whom he had a son, Taro, and a daughter, Yoshiko (possibly spelt Toshiko).<ref>Obituary, New York Times, Oct 12, 1965, p47 The The New York Times' obituary referred to Okazaki's daughter as "Toshiko". Other articles refer to her as Yoshiko or Yoshi. See for example New York Times, "FIGURE SKATING; High Hopes in a Tough Season", January 5, 1998. One Japanese name "淑子" can be read either Yoshiko or Toshiko.</ref>
Okazaki was married to Shimako with whom he had a son, Taro, and a daughter, Yoshiko.<ref>Yoshiko's name could possibly be Toshiko. Obituary, New York Times, Oct 12, 1965, p47 The New York Times' obituary referred to Okazaki's daughter as "Toshiko". Other articles refer to her as Yoshiko or Yoshi. See for example New York Times, [https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/05/sports/figure-skating-high-hopes-in-a-tough-season.html "FIGURE SKATING; High Hopes in a Tough Season", January 5, 1998]. Her mother's name in Japanese is "淑子" which can be read either Yoshiko or Toshiko. See: http://olympico.cocolog-nifty.com/olympic_plus/2005/10/33_45b1.html</ref>


He is the grandfather of the [[Japanese American]] figure skater [[Kyoko Ina]], Yoshiko's daughter.<ref>Sports Reference for Kyoko Ina http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/in/kyoko-ina-1.html</ref>
He is the grandfather of the [[Japanese-American]] figure skater [[Kyoko Ina]], Yoshiko's daughter.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192942/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/in/kyoko-ina-1.html Sports Reference for Kyoko Ina]</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 09:52, 7 February 2024

Katsuo Okazaki
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
30 October 1952 – 9 December 1954
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byShigeru Yoshida
Succeeded byMamoru Shigemitsu
Chief Cabinet Secretary
In office
6 May 1950 – 26 December 1951
Prime MinisterShigeru Yoshida
Preceded byKaneshichi Masuda
Succeeded byShigeru Hori
Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council
In office
5 January 1942 – 1 August 1943
Preceded byJohn Hellyer Liddell
Succeeded byCouncil disbanded
Personal details
Born10 July 1897
Kanagawa, Japan
Died10 October 1965(1965-10-10) (aged 68)
Tokyo, Japan
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party (1955–1963)
Other political
affiliations		Democratic Liberal Party (1949–1950)
Liberal Party (1950–1955)
Alma materTokyo Imperial University

Katsuo Okazaki (岡崎 勝男, Okazaki Katsuo, 10 July 1897 – 10 October 1965) was a Japanese sportsman, diplomat and political figure. He served as the Japanese foreign minister in the 1950s. He was also the final – and only Japanese – chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council.[1]

Early life

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Okazaki was born on 10 July 1897 in Kanagawa, Japan. He was the 10th son of Yasunosuke Okazaki.[2] He studied law at the University of Tokyo and then joined the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[3]

Sporting prowess

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Okazaki participated in the 1924 Paris Olympic Summer Games, qualifying for the 5,000 m final with a time of 15.22.2e.[4] In the final, he fainted in the heatwave and was carried away by medics.[5] He had much success at the Far Eastern Championship Games, winning the mile run at the 1921 Games then doing a middle-distance double in the mile and 880 yards at the 1923 event in Osaka.[6]

Consular positions

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Okasaki served as second secretary to the Japanese Embassy in Washington, D.C. in the early 1930s.[7]

He also served in numerous positions in China during the 1930s, including serving as Japanese Consul-General in Nanjing after the Fall of Nanking to the Imperial Japanese Army and during the Nanking Massacre. In 1938, he was serving as Japanese Consul General in Canton.[8] In October 1939 was appointed Japanese Consul at Hong Kong, a position he held until January 1941.[9]

Shanghai Municipal Council

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In early January 1942 Okazaki was appointed as Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council after the British and American members resigned following the commencement of the Pacific War and the occupation of the Shanghai International Settlement by Japanese troops.[10] After the resignation of the Commissioner General, G. Godfrey Phillips which took effect from 1 March 1942, Okasaki also took over the role of Commissioner General in an honorary capacity.[11] He served until 1943 when the council was disbanded.

Surrender of Japan

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The Japanese representatives on board USS Missouri during the surrender ceremonies on 2 September 1945. Okazaki is in the second row, second from the left (in top hat).

Okazaki took part in the surrender negotiations between the Japanese emissaries and American military officials on Iejima in 1945. He was present as a representative of Japan at the formal surrender on 2 September 1945 aboard the USS Missouri.

Post-war political and diplomatic career

[edit]
Okazaki in 1951

Okazaki was elected to the Japanese House of Representatives in 1949. In 1951, he was appointed by Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida as Chief Cabinet Secretary and state minister without portfolio.[3]

In 1952, he was appointed Foreign Minister and served in that position until 1954. In 1954, building on work by Ikeda, Okazaki signed a Mutual Security Assistance (MSA) Agreement with U.S. Ambassador John Allison.[12]

In 1961 he was called out of retirement to serve in the United Nations in what was described at the time as a move to strengthen the Japanese delegation. He served as Japan's delegate to the United Nations from April 1961 to July 1963.[13]

Death

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Okazaki died on 10 October 1965 in Tokyo of a stomach ulcer at the age of 68.[13]

Family members

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Okazaki was married to Shimako with whom he had a son, Taro, and a daughter, Yoshiko.[14]

He is the grandfather of the Japanese-American figure skater Kyoko Ina, Yoshiko's daughter.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "Katsuo Okazaki". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. ^ 『第廿一版 人事興信録 上』
  3. ^ a b Obituary, New York Times, Oct 12, 1965, p47
  4. ^ Sports Reference for Katsuo Okazaki
  5. ^ Raevuori, Antero (1997). Paavo Nurmi, juoksijoiden kuningas (in Finnish) (2nd ed.). WSOY. p. 174. ISBN 951-0-21850-2.
  6. ^ Far Eastern Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-18.
  7. ^ T Maga, Judgment at Tokyo: The Japanese War Crimes Trials, p. 41
  8. ^ China Monthly Review Volume 86, page 422
  9. ^ Hong Kong Government Gazette, October 25, 1939
  10. ^ New York Times, Jan 9, 1942, p4
  11. ^ Shanghai Municipal Council Annual Report, 1942, p6
  12. ^ Geffard, Sydney (1997). Japan Among the Powers, 1890-1990. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-06891-7.
  13. ^ a b Washington Post, October 12, 1965, pC4
  14. ^ Yoshiko's name could possibly be Toshiko. Obituary, New York Times, Oct 12, 1965, p47 The New York Times' obituary referred to Okazaki's daughter as "Toshiko". Other articles refer to her as Yoshiko or Yoshi. See for example New York Times, "FIGURE SKATING; High Hopes in a Tough Season", January 5, 1998. Her mother's name in Japanese is "淑子" which can be read either Yoshiko or Toshiko. See: http://olympico.cocolog-nifty.com/olympic_plus/2005/10/33_45b1.html
  15. ^ Sports Reference for Kyoko Ina
House of Representatives (Japan)
Preceded by
Saburo Ogoshi
 Chair, Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives of Japan
1949–1950 		Succeeded by
Goro Morishima
Political offices
Preceded by
Kaneshichi Masuda
 Chief Cabinet Secretary
1950–1951 		Succeeded by
Shigeru Hori
Preceded by Minister for Foreign Affairs
1952–1954 		Succeeded by
Government offices
New office Director, Intelligence and Analysis Service of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Japan
1945 		Succeeded by
Shoji Ogata
Diplomatic posts
Consulate evacuated Japanese Consul General to Guangzhou
1939–1941 		Succeeded by
Nagao Kita
Preceded by
Akiyoshi Tajiri
 Japanese Consul General to Hong Kong
1940–1942 		Succeeded by
Seiki Yano
N/A Japanese Consul General to Kolkata
1941 		Office abolished
Preceded by Japanese Ambassador to the United Nations
1961–63 		Succeeded by
Akira Matsui
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