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This is a list of foreign residents in Japan (December 1941). It lists all known foreigners that lived in Japan when World War II hostilities broke out between Japan and the United States in December 1941.
Foreign ambassadors accredited in Tokyo[edit]
- Old Yuan, Manchukuo Ambassador
- Chu-Min-Yi, Wang-Chingwei Government Ambassador
- Robert Craige, British Ambassador
- Joseph C. Grew, United States ambassador to Japan
- Eugene Dooman, Adviser in the American Embassy in Tokyo
- Eugen Ott, German Ambassador to Japan
- Fritz von Petersdorf, Assistant Military Attaché in the German Embassy
- Paul Wenneker, Naval Attaché in the German Embassy
- Josef Meisinger, German adviser in Jewish Affairs
- Prince Varavarn, Chief of the Thai Diplomatic Mission to Japan
- Charles Arsene-Henry, Vichy France Ambassador to Japan
- Baron Fain, Diplomatic Adviser in the Vichy France Embassy to Japan
- Count Tascher, Commercial Attaché in the Vichy France Embassy to Japan
- J.C. Pabst, Dutch Ambassador to Japan
Foreign General-Consuls accredited at Tokyo and Japanese held lands[edit]
- August Pondschab, German General-Consul at Manchu Government in Harbin.
Foreign journalists and correspondents[edit]
- Caetano Aulisio ("Stefani" Italian Press Agency).
- Bob Bellaire ("United Press").
- Don Brown.
- James Cox ("Reuters" British Press Agency).
- Ray Cromley ( "Wall Street Journal").
- Clarence Davies.
- Al Downs ( "International News Service").
- Walter Duranty (American free-lance Correspondent).
- Joe Dynan ("Associated Press" Agency).
- Newton Edgards ("Japan Advertiser").
- B.W.Fleisher.
- Wilfrid Fleischer.
- Richard Fujii.
- Frank Hedges.
- Thelma Hetch.
- Max Hill ("Associated Press").
- Chester Holcombe ("The China Weekly Review").
- Joseph Newman ("New York Herald Tribune"), author of book Goodbye Japan.
- Al Pinder.
- Roy Saiki.
- Richard Sorge ("D.N.B." German Press Agency)—also a spy for the Soviet Union.
- Dick Tenelly ("N.B.C." and Reuters Press Agency).
- Jim Tew ("Japan Advertiser").
- Otto Tolischus ("Times" Review, New York).
- W.R. Willis ("Japan News-Week").
- A.Morgan Young ("Japan Chronicle").
Foreign educators[edit]
- Professor George Kerr worked at the "Superior Commercial College of Taihoku" in Formosa.
- Mr. Binkerton taught English at a Tokyo school.
Foreign musicians[edit]
- Leo Sirota, American, one of best foreign pianists in Japan.
Foreign businessmen[edit]
- Otto Hubmann, a German representative of METALLGESELLSCHAFT-LURGI FRANKFURT AM MAIN .
- C.Krayer, the German Chief of Nippon Lurgi Goshi K.K., which was the Lurgi office in Tokyo.
- Tom Chichton, an American businessmen in Tokyo.
- Hal Schlieder, an American representative of Lockheed Company.
- Elbert Gary, the President of United States Steel Corporation, linked with J.P.Morgan.
- Thomas Lamont, a businessman from the United States Steel Corporation and J.P.Morgan.
- Frank Vanderlip, the Director of National City Bank of New York.
Foreign pro-Japanese supporters resident in Japan[edit]
- Rash Behari Bose lived in Japan, received support from Mitsuru Toyama, the chief of the Black Dragon Society.
- Karl Haushofer lived in Japan, entered the Green Dragon Order and developed ideas about geopolitics.
Foreign residents in Japan[edit]
- Chiang Kai Shek resided periodically in Japan before the outbreak of World War II. He had graduated from the Japanese Military Academy, maintained contact with the "Black Dragon Society" and other local political groupings in Tokyo and Kobe for a certain period.
- Agnes Smedley had resided in Japan for some time.
Foreign visitors[edit]
- Genrikh Lyushkov (from Russia).
- Prince Gyn Rhee (from Chosen).
- Henry Puyi (from Manchukuo).
- Wang Chingwei (from Reformed Chinese State).
- Chou Fo-hai (from Reformed Chinese State).
- Cheng Kung-po (from Reformed Chinese State).
- Prince Demchugdongrub (from Mengjiang).
- Konstantin Vladimirovich Rodzaevsky (from Harbin, Manchukuo).
- Ba Maw (from Burma).
- Sultan Ibrahim of Johore (from Johore, British Malaya).
- Carlos Torriani (from Argentina).
- José Pagés Llergo (from Mexico).
- Isaac Diáz Araiza (from Mexico).
- Trebitsch-Lincoln (from Hungary).
Foreign political western advisers[edit]
- Frederick Moore, American adviser to the Japanese government from 1921 to 1941.
See also[edit]
Japan, foreign residents Japan, foreign residents Category:World War II stubs