Timeline
- August 25th 1876: Born Yamanashi, Japan
- 1897: Graduated from the Department of English Political Science of the Tokyo Senmon Gakko
- 1898: Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs with his first posting to Seoul
- 1902: Arrived in United States as an attache at Japanese Embassy at Washington DC
- 1905: Attended Portsmouth Peace Conference between Japan and Russia as suite of commissioner plenipotentiary
- 1911: Left post at Japanese Embassy in Washington having risen to position of Secretary
- June 1st 1916 to 1917: Japan’s Consul General San Francisco
- Member of the Ishii Mission that negotiated the Lansing–Ishii Agreement
- Then: Director-general of International Trade Bureau, Japan
- 1918: Director-general of Political Affairs Bureau
- 1919: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1921: Commissioner plenipotentiary to Washington Naval Conference
- December 1922: Appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the United States
- February 1923: arrived in Washington
- April 1924: Protested the passage of the Immigration Law by the United States in a letter that was taken as a “veiled threat”.
- 1924: Returned to Japan
- 1927: Offered the post of ambassador to Belgium which he refused
- 1927: Resigned government post
- December 20th 1934: Died
Notes
According to his obituary in The Time :
- Also known as Little Hani
- Spoke English perfectly
- Member of good social clubs
- Liked by Presidents Roosevelt and Taft
- Good sense of humour
Published Works
Diplomacy—A Japanese Opinion by Masanao Hanihara The Living Age, April 3, 1926, pp. 31-33
References
- Portraits of Modern Japanese Figures
- Wikipedia
- JAPAN: Again, Hanihara – Time Magazine Monday, Oct. 24, 1927
- “Mr. Hanihara.” The Times, 21 Dec. 1934 (Available from The Times digital archive requires login)
- The Daily Banner, 30 August 1933
- Richmond Times-Dispatch, 23 August 1917
- Library of Congress