Kensuke Horinouchi

Kensuke Horinouchi (堀内 謙介, March 30, 1886 – November 1, 1979) was a Japanese politician who served as ambassador to the United States and ambassador to Taiwan.

Diplomatic career

Horinouchi was a member of the Japanese delegation at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, and later noted that "Japan was totally absorbed in its own issues" at said conference.^[1]

During the 1930s, he served as vice minister of foreign affairs and as a councillor at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C.^[2][3] He served as consul general in New York during the early 1930s.^[4]: 84

In October 1938, Horinouchi was announced as the successor to Hiroshi Saitō as ambassador to the United States.^[2] He took office in April 1939.^[5] He was recalled from the post in 1940,^[6] and was criticised for apparently failing to promote Japanese interests in relation to the trading of aviation gasoline.^[7] Despite this, he continued to be engaged in diplomatic relations between the two countries.^[8]

In 1955, Horinouchi was appointed Japanese ambassador to Taiwan, succeeding Kenkichi Yoshizawa on his retirement.^[9] He resigned from the position in 1959.^[10]

Other work

In 1946, Horinouchi was elected the first chairman of Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia (LARA), which gave the organisation contacts and relevance in Japan.^[4]: 60

Personal life

Horinouchi was a Christian.^[4]: 60

References

1. Burkman, Thomas W. (2008). Japan and the League of Nations: Empire and World Order, 1914-1938. University of Hawaii Press. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-8248-2982-7. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
2. "Japan Selects New U.S. Envoy". The Miami Herald. October 6, 1938. p. 5. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
3. "Fighting Continues". The Ottawa Citizen. August 4, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
4. Mayo, Marlene J. (2016). "A Friend in Need: Esther B. Rhoads, Quakers, and Humanitarian Relief in Allied Occupied Japan, 1946–52". U.S.-Japan Women's Journal (50): 54–92. ISSN 2330-5037. JSTOR 26401820. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
5. Williams, Greg H. (2018). The Last Days of the United States Asiatic Fleet: The Fates of the Ships and Those Aboard, December 8, 1941-February 5, 1942. McFarland. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-4766-7248-9. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
6. "War With Japan?". LIFE. Vol. 9, no. 17. Time Inc. 21 October 1940. p. 36. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
7. "Shake-Up In Government Is Ordered". The Knoxville Journal. August 23, 1940. p. 10. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
8. "Japan Air Lines to Bring Dignitaries to L.A. on Sunday". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. January 29, 1954. p. 3. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
9. "Japan Envoy to Taipei". The San Francisco Examiner. December 21, 1955. p. 4. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
10. "Formosa Post Next for Japan's Iguchi?". Arizona Republic. February 23, 1959. p. 4. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Hiroshi Saitō	Japanese Ambassador to the United States April 1939 – December 1940	Succeeded by Kichisaburō Nomura
Preceded by Kenkichi Yoshizawa	Japanese Ambassador to Taiwan 1955 – 1959	Succeeded by Sadao Iguchi