Takakazu Kuriyama

Takakazu Kuriyama (Japanese: 栗山尚一; died 1 April 2015) was a Japanese politician who served as ambassador to Malaysia and the United States.

Early life and education

Kuriyama was born in Tokyo.[1] His father, Kuriyama Shigeru, was a diplomat and judge in the Supreme Court of Japan.[2]

He attended the University of Tokyo.[1]

Diplomatic career

In 1954, Kuriyama joined the Foreign Ministry.[1] He held the position of Director General of the North American Affairs Bureau,[1] and was appointed Vice Minister in May 1989.[2]

He was involved in the negotiations that led to the 1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, which returned the Okinawa Prefecture to Japan from the United States.[1] The next year, he helped draft a statement on normalising diplomacy with China.[1]

He served as ambassador to Malaysia during the mid-1980s,[3] and became ambassador to the United States in 1992.[1] He left the position in 1995.

Personal life

His wife, Masako, was the daughter of a Japanese Supreme Court judge.[4]

He died on 1 April 2015 in a Tokyo hospital, after suffering from pneumonia.[1]

gollark: > As long as our hypothetical Blub programmer is looking down the power continuum, he knows he's looking down. Languages less powerful than Blub are obviously less powerful, because they're missing some feature he's used to. But when our hypothetical Blub programmer looks in the other direction, up the power continuum, he doesn't realize he's looking up. What he sees are merely weird languages. He probably considers them about equivalent in power to Blub, but with all this other hairy stuff thrown in as well. Blub is good enough for him, because he thinks in Blub.
gollark: Imagine YOU are a BLUB programmer.
gollark: Imagine a language which is UTTERLY generic in expressiveness and whatever, called blub.
gollark: There's the whole "blub paradox" thing.
gollark: Assembly FAIRLY unbased.

References
  1. "Takakazu Kuriyama, former ambassador to U.S., dies at 83". The Japan Times. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. Jameson, Sam (28 October 1990). "Takakazu Kuriyama : Overcoming Japan's Past to Get On With Its Future". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  3. Sanger, David E. (5 December 1991). "Power of the Yen Winning Asia New 'Co-Prosperity' Is Displacing U.S." archive.nytimes.com. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. Weinraub, Judith; Togo, Shigehiko (12 February 1994). "Japan's Informal Ambassador". Washington Post. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Ryōhei Murata		 Japanese Ambassador to the United States
1992 – 1995		 Succeeded by
Kunihiko Saitō
Preceded by
 Japanese Ambassador to Malaysia
mid-1980s		 Succeeded by
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