Shiroshichi Kimura (木村 四郎七, Kimura Shiroshichi) (b. Oct. 24, 1902 - d. Aug. 28, 1996) was a Japanese diplomat.
Served as Japanese Consul in Hong Kong in May–June 1941.[1][2] In November 1951, arrived at Taiwan as Chief of the Japanese Government Overseas Office, as diplomatic relations were not established yet.[3][4]: 274 In 1952, took part in peace negotiations with the government of Taiwan.[5] Upon the reestablishment of Japanese Embassy in Taipei, he served as Counselor of the embassy from 1952 to 1953.[4]: 276 In 1957, upon the reestablishment of diplomatic relations between the governments of Japan and Czechoslovakia, was appointed Japanese Ambassador to that country, and served in that position until 1961. In 1961 represented Japan at the World Meteorological Organization. In 1966 became the first Japanese Ambassador to South Korea, and served in that position until 1968.[6]
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- ^ "1942 - News Clippings from the Past, Part 4". Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
- ^ Hong Kong Government Gazette, May 9, 1941
- ^ CIA Daily Digest, November 9, 1951
- ^ a b 臺灣省通志 卷3 政事志 外事篇 [General Gazetteer of Taiwan Province, Volume III: Political History: On Foreign Affairs], Taipei: Historical Records Committee of Taiwan Province, 1971-06-30
- ^ "President Ma Meets Japan House of Councillors Member Mitsuhide Iwaki".
- ^ Seung K. Ko, "South Korean-Japanese Relations since the 1965 Normalization Pacts" Modern Asian Studies, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1972), pp. 49-61