Ken Harada (diplomat)
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| Your Excellency (閣下 Kakka?) Ken Harada |
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| Close up of the head and shoulders of a solemn middle-aged Japanese man with a small mustache. He is wearing a suit, tie, and glasses. | |
| 1st Diplomat from Japan to the Holy See | |
| In office April 1942 – 1945 |
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| Chargé d'affaires from Japan to Vichy France | |
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| Born | 1893 |
| Died | September 18, 1973 (aged 80)[1] |
| Nationality |  Japan |
Ken Harada (原田 健 Harada Ken?, born 1893-September 18, 1973)[2] was a chargé d'affaires to Vichy France[2][3] and a diplomat to the Holy See from Japan.[4] He was appointed as a special envoy to the Vatican, and served in this capacity from 1942 to 1945.[2] He was the first diplomatic representative to the Vatican from Japan.[3]
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Diplomat to the Holy See
In 1942, the Holy See began de facto diplomatic relations with Japan, though the United States and United Kingdom protested. Ken Harada was made the first Japanese special envoy to the Holy See, and Archbishop Paolo Marella became the Nuncio to Japan.[5] Harada arrived in the Vatican City in April 1942,[6] and was officially received on May 9, 1942.[7] Harada expressed Japan's desire for peace to Pope Pius XII on occasion, a year before Japan agreed to peace.[8] The Japanese government denied that Harada had expressed a willingness for the country to negotiate peace, declaring the report was "so absurd it is not worth the trouble to deny",[9] though people close to the Vatican confirmed that the meeting had occurred.[10]
Upon the end of Harada's appointment, Pope Pius XII knighted Harada into the Order of St. Sylvester.[11]
Harada served as Japan's ambassador to Italy after World War II.[12]
Grand master of the ceremonies
He later obtained a post as the Grand Master of the Ceremonies with the Imperial Household Agency[1][13]
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Quigley, p. 156: "The former Ambassador and Grand Master of the Ceremonies of the Imperial Household died in Tokyo on September 18, 1973"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ken Harada Dead at 80 (1973), 1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Associated Press (1942), 2.
- ↑ Pope Receives Ken Harada (1946), 1.
- ↑ Rising Sun at the Vatican (1942), 71.
- ↑ Keogh (1995), 167.
- ↑ Blet (1999), 131.
- ↑ United Press International (1944), 1.
- ↑ Associated Press [Ellensburg Daily Record] (1944), 6.
- ↑ Associated Press [The Milwaukee Sentinel] (1944), 1.
- ↑ Associated Press (1946), 1.
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- ↑ Quigley, p. 168: "Following his service at the Vatican Ambassador Ken Harada was appointed by the Emperor Grand Master of the Ceremonies of the Imperial Household"
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