Kensuke Horinouchi

Kensuke Horinouchi (堀内 謙介, March 30, 1886 – November 1, 1979) was a Japanese politician who served as ambassador to the United States and ambassador to Taiwan.

Diplomatic career[edit]

Horinouchi was a member of the Japanese delegation at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, and later noted that "Japan was totally absorbed in its own issues" at said conference.[1]

During the 1930s, he served as vice minister of foreign affairs and as a councillor at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C.[2][3] He served as consul general in New York during the early 1930s.[4]: 84 

In October 1938, Horinouchi was announced as the successor to Hiroshi Saitō as ambassador to the United States.[2] He took office in April 1939.[5] He was recalled from the post in 1940,[6] and was criticised for apparently failing to promote Japanese interests in relation to the trading of aviation gasoline.[7] Despite this, he continued to be engaged in diplomatic relations between the two countries.[8]

In 1955, Horinouchi was appointed Japanese ambassador to Taiwan, succeeding Kenkichi Yoshizawa on his retirement.[9] He resigned from the position in 1959.[10]

Other work[edit]

In 1946, Horinouchi was elected the first chairman of Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia (LARA), which gave the organisation contacts and relevance in Japan.[4]: 60 

Personal life[edit]

Horinouchi was a Christian.[4]: 60 

References[edit]

  1. ^ Burkman, Thomas W. (2008). Japan and the League of Nations: Empire and World Order, 1914-1938. University of Hawaii Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-8248-2982-7. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Japan Selects New U.S. Envoy". The Miami Herald. October 6, 1938. p. 5. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  3. ^ "Fighting Continues". The Ottawa Citizen. August 4, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c Mayo, Marlene J. (2016). "A Friend in Need: Esther B. Rhoads, Quakers, and Humanitarian Relief in Allied Occupied Japan, 1946–52". U.S.-Japan Women's Journal (50): 54–92. ISSN 2330-5037. JSTOR 26401820. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  5. ^ Williams, Greg H. (2018). The Last Days of the United States Asiatic Fleet: The Fates of the Ships and Those Aboard, December 8, 1941-February 5, 1942. McFarland. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-4766-7248-9. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
  6. ^ "War With Japan?". LIFE. Vol. 9, no. 17. Time Inc. 21 October 1940. p. 36. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  7. ^ "Shake-Up In Government Is Ordered". The Knoxville Journal. August 23, 1940. p. 10. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  8. ^ "Japan Air Lines to Bring Dignitaries to L.A. on Sunday". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. January 29, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  9. ^ "Japan Envoy to Taipei". The San Francisco Examiner. December 21, 1955. p. 4. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  10. ^ "Formosa Post Next for Japan's Iguchi?". Arizona Republic. February 23, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Japanese Ambassador to the United States
April 1939 – December 1940 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Japanese Ambassador to Taiwan
1955 – 1959 		Succeeded by
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