Matsuzo Nagai

Matsuzo Nagai (永井 松三, Nagai Matsuzō, March 5, 1877 – April 19, 1957) was a Japanese diplomat and Olympic Games activist.

Matsuzo Nagai
Nagai in 1917
Born	(1877-03-05)March 5, 1877 Aichi Prefecture
Died	April 19, 1957(1957-04-19) (aged 80)

Biography

He was born on March 5, 1877 in Aichi Prefecture.

He served in the Japanese delegation to the League of Nations in 1920,[1] and served as Japanese Ambassador to Sweden and Finland in 1925–1930. In 1930, he formed part of the Japanese delegation to the London Naval Conference.[2] He served as Ambassador to Germany from April 1933 to October 1934. In 1936, he served as Minister of Transportation, and was an active supporter of naval expansion plans. In 1937, he was active in the Japanese governmental committee which was charged with preparing the Olympic games scheduled to take place in Tokyo in 1940, which was eventually cancelled.[3] He also served as a member of the International Olympic Committee in 1939–1950.[4] Grand Cross Royal Swedish Order of the Polar Star 1928.

He died on April 19, 1957.

See also

• List of Ambassadors of Japan to Finland
• List of Japanese ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Germany

References

1. "Council Session 7". www.indiana.edu.
2. "Foreign Negotiators At The Naval Parley" New York Times, January 19, 1930.
3. "Japan and Olympism" (PDF). la84foundation.org.
4. Wagner, Juergen. "IOC Members". olympic-museum.de.

External links

• Hiroshi Momose, Japan's Relations with Finland, 1919–1944, as Reflected by Japanese Source Materials
• Ricky W. Law, "Runner-up: Japan in the German Mass Media during the 1936 Olympic Games" Southeast Review of Asian Studies, 31 (2009) 164–180
• Article about Nagai's activities for holding olympic games in Japan

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Chōzō Koike	Japanese Consul-General at San Francisco 1912–1913	Succeeded by Masanao Hanihara
Preceded by Ryōtarō Hata	Japanese Ambassador to Denmark 1924–1928	Succeeded by Kintomo Mushanokōji
	Japanese Ambassador to Norway 1924–1928
	Japanese Ambassador to Sweden 1924–1928
Preceded by Mineichirō Adachi	Japanese Ambassador to Belgium 1928–1930	Succeeded by Naotake Satō
Preceded by Yūkichi Obata	Japanese Ambassador to Germany 1933–1935	Succeeded by Kintomo Mushanokōji