Akira Ariyoshi

Senior Third Rank
Akira Ariyoshi
Senior Third Rank Akira Ariyoshi
有吉明
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of China
	In office; May 1935 – 6 March 1936
Special and Plenipotentiary Minister to the Republic of China
	In office; July 1932 – May 1935
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Brazil
	In office; November 1926 – July 1930
Head Delegate to the League of Nations for Japan
	In office; 2nd Session – 4th Session
Special and Foreign Minister to Switzerland
	In office; April 1920 – November 1926
Consul General to Shanghai International Settlement
	In office; November 1909 – September 1919
Second Secretary of the Embassy in France
	In office; April 1908 – November 1909
Consular officer in Busan
	In office; February 1904 – April 1908
Personal details
Born	April 15, 1876; Miyazu, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
Died	June 25, 1937 (aged 61)
Resting place	Yanaka Cemetery
Relations	Chūichi Ariyoshi (brother); Minoru Ariyoshi (brother); Iwao Yamazaki (nephew);
Education	Kyoto Prefectural Commercial School
Alma mater	Tokyo Higher School of Commerce
Awards	Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun; Order of the Sacred Treasure; Military Medal of Honor;
Alternate place of birth	Tokyo

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Akira Ariyoshi (有吉明, Ariyoshi Akira; 15 April 1876 – 25 June 1937) was a Japanese diplomat during the Shōwa era. He was the first ever diplomat from Japan to China to hold the rank of Ambassador Plenipotentiary.