Nishi Tokujirō
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Baron Nishi Tokujirō
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September 4, 1847 Kagoshima, Japan |
| Died | March 13, 1912 (aged 64) |
| Occupation | Minister for Foreign Affairs (Japan) |
| Known for | Nishi–Rosen Agreement |
Baron Nishi Tokujirō (西 徳二郎?, September 4, 1847 – March 13, 1912) was a statesman and diplomat in Meiji period Japan.
Nishi was from a samurai family of the Satsuma Domain (present-day Kagoshima Prefecture). After the Meiji Restoration, he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the new Meiji government, and was sent as a student to study the Russian language in St Petersburg, Russia in 1870. From 1870-1873, he traveled extensively through Central Asia, visiting Bukhara, Samarkand, Tashkent, Ürümqi and other areas of Xinjiang. After serving as First Secretary at the Japanese legation in Paris, France in 1874, he returned to Japan.
In June 1886, he was appointed council-general of the Japanese legation to Russia, Sweden and Norway and was elevated in rank to danshaku (baron) under the kazoku peerage system. In August 1896, he became ambassador to Russia. In March 1897, he was appointed to the Privy Council.
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