Saburō Kurusu
Saburō Kurusu | |
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| 来栖 三郎 | |
Kurusu on 27 November 1941 | |
| Born | March 6, 1886 Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
| Died | April 7, 1954 (aged 68) Japan |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Spouse | Alice Jay Little (m. 1914) |
| Children | Ryō, Jaye, Teruko Pia |
Saburō Kurusu (来栖 三郎, Kurusu Saburō; March 6, 1886 – April 7, 1954) was a Japanese diplomat. He is remembered now (in the United States) as an envoy who tried to negotiate peace and understanding with the United States while the Japanese government under Emperor Hirohito was secretly preparing the attack on Pearl Harbor.
As Imperial Japan's ambassador to Germany from December 4th, 1939 to November 1941, he signed the Tripartite Pact along with the foreign ministers of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy on September 27, 1940.