Katsuo Okazaki
| Katsuo Okazaki | |
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| Minister for Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 30 October 1952 – 9 December 1954 |
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| Prime Minister | Shigeru Yoshida |
| Preceded by | Shigeru Yoshida |
| Succeeded by | Mamoru Shigemitsu |
| Chief Cabinet Secretary | |
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In office 6 May 1950 – 26 December 1951 |
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| Prime Minister | Shigeru Yoshida |
| Preceded by | Kaneshichi Masuda |
| Succeeded by | Shigeru Hori |
| Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council | |
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In office 5 January 1942 – 1 August 1943 |
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| Preceded by | John Hellyer Liddell |
| Succeeded by | Council disbanded |
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| Born | 10 July 1897 Kanagawa, Japan |
| Died | 10 October 1965 (aged 68) Tokyo, Japan |
| Political party | Liberal Democratic Party (1955-1963) |
| Other political affiliations |
Democratic Liberal Party (1949-1950) Liberal Party (1950-1955) |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
Katsuo Okazaki (岡崎 勝男 Okazaki Katsuo?, 10 July 1897 – 10 October 1965) was a Japanese sportsman, diplomat and political figure. He served as the Japanese foreign minister in the 1950s. He was also the final - and only Japanese - chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council.
Okazaki was born on 10 July 1897 in Kanagawa, Japan. He was the 10th son of Yasunosuke Okazaki. He studied law at the University of Tokyo and then joined the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Okazaki participated in the 1924 Paris Olympic Summer Games, qualifying for the 5,000 m final with a time of 15.22.2e. In the final, he fainted in the heatwave and was carried away by medics. He had much success at the Far Eastern Championship Games, winning the mile run at the 1921 Games then doing a middle-distance double in the mile and 880 yards at the 1923 event in Osaka.
Okasaki served as second secretary to the Japanese Embassy in Washington DC in the early 1930s.
He also served in numerous positions in China during the 1930s, including serving as Japanese Consul-General in Nanjing after the Fall of Nanking to the Imperial Japanese Army and during the Nanking Massacre. In 1938, he was serving as Japanese Consul General in Canton. In October 1939 was appointed Japanese Consul at Hong Kong, a position he held until January 1941.
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