Nobuhiko Ushiba
| Nobuhiko Ushiba | |
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| Japanese Ambassador to United States | |
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In office 1970–1973 |
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| Preceded by | Takeso Shimoda |
| Succeeded by | Takeshi Yasukawa |
| Japanese Ambassador to Canada | |
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In office 1961–1964 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 16, 1909 Kobe, Japan |
| Died | December 31, 1984 (aged 75) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Spouse(s) | Fujiko Kobayashi Ushiba |
| Children | One son, three daughters |
| Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
| Profession | Diplomat |
Nobuhiko Ushiba (牛場信彦 Ushiba Nobuhiko) (16 November 1909—31 December 1984) was a Japanese diplomat who served as Ambassador to Canada from 1961 to 1964, Ambassador to the United States from 1970 to 1973, and as Minister of State for External Economic Affairs from 1977 to 1979. The last was a position in the Cabinet of Japan created specially for him.
Nobuhiko Ushiba was born 16 November 1909 in the city of Kobe in Japan. His grandfather was an executive with the San'yō Railway (which had its headquarters in Kobe). His father was a silk merchant whose business failed under pressure from low-cost imports. His second cousin was Haru Matsukata, who later married the United States Ambassador to Japan Edwin O. Reischauer (1961 to 1966). Nobuhiko was the third son in the family, and his older brother, Tomohiko Ushiba, later was private secretary to Prince Fumimaro Konoe. He did not attend school until his parents moved to Tokyo soon after the Taishō period began in July 1912. He graduated from two of the city's most prestigious public schools, the First Middle School and the First High School (now the Tokyo University of Agriculture First High School). Due to Japan's growing ties with the German Empire and his father's experience in international trade, he became somewhat fluent in the German language in high school.
Ushiba then entered the Tokyo Imperial University, where he graduated in 1932 with a degree in law. He was a championship rower, and just missed qualifying for the 1932 Summer Olympics. Ushiba did not aspire to a career in the foreign service, but with a worldwide depression depressing job prospects, his fluency in German, and his family's experience in international trade, he entered the diplomatic corps after graduation. (Had he qualified for the Olympics, he would have been unable to sit for his foreign service qualifying exam.)
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