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Count was a Japanese diplomat. ==Diplomatic career== He was born January 19, 1857 in Hirosaki, Aomori. In 1877 he went to study at DePauw University.〔(''DePauw University: A Pictorial History'' )〕 He got his B.A. in 1881, and M.A. in 1884. In 1882 he married, and had one son.〔A ''Washington Post'' article on March 25, 2010 stated that Chinda had two (not one) sons, one of whom died during the explosion at sea of a Japanese warship during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, and the other of whom committed suicide by hanging in the US shortly after completing work for an MA and before Chinda and his wife transferred from Washington to London.〕 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.〔Masaharu Nanami, ''The Japan Times'', April 3, 2008 (Building of first Japan legation to Brazil found )〕 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chinda Sutemi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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