Japanese Famous Names Starting with Letter V

Was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taisho and early Showa period Japan. He serve

Was a Japanese diplomat and cabinet minister in Meiji, Taisho and early Showa period Japan. He served as Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan between 1915 and 1916.Ishii was born in Mobara city, Kazusa Province (present-day Chiba Prefecture). He graduated from the Law Department of Tokyo Imperial University and joined the Foreign Ministry. His first posting was as an attaché to Paris in 1891, and he was later sent to Chemulpo, Korea in 1896 and to Beijing, China in 1897. During the Boxer Rebellion he served as Japanese diplomatic liaison with the various foreign interventionist armies, spending six months on the front with the Imperial Japanese Army's 5th Infantry Division.

Was Home Minister in early Meiji period Japan.Shinagawa was born in Hagi, Choshu Domain (present day

Was Home Minister in early Meiji period Japan.Shinagawa was born in Hagi, Choshu Domain (present day Yamaguchi prefecture). His father was an ashigaru, or lower ranking foot soldier in the service of the Mori clan. During the Bakumatsu period, he studied at the Shoka Sonjuku academy under Yoshida Shoin, and was a fervent supporter of the Sonno joi movement.[1] In 1862, together with other Choshu samurai, he was involved in an attack on the British legation in Edo. He was a participant in the Hamaguri rebellion in Kyoto in August 1864. During the Boshin War of the Meiji Restoration, he served as a staff officer in the Imperial armies in the battles against the Ouetsu Reppan Domei in northern Honshu.