Chinda Sutemi

Count Chinda Sutemi (珍田捨巳, January 19, 1857 – January 16, 1929) was a Japanese diplomat.

He was born January 19, 1857 in Hirosaki, Aomori.

In 1877 he went to study at DePauw University. He got his B.A. in 1881, and M.A. in 1884. In 1882 he married, and had one son.

From 1890 to 1894, Chinda served as Japanese Consul in San Francisco, California. In 1897 Chinda was appointed first Japanese Minister Plenipotentiary to Brazil, following the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two states in 1895. He served as Japanese Ambassador to Germany from 1908 to 1911, to the United States from 1912 to 1916 and to the United Kingdom from 1916 to 1920, during which time he also took part in the Japanese delegation to the Paris Peace Conference, 1919.

He was also a Methodist minister.