Koto Matsudaira was a Japanese diplomat who served as an ambassador to the United Nations from 1957 to 1961.
15 Facts About Koto Matsudaira
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Koto Matsudaira attended high school in Tokyo and then studied law at Tokyo Imperial University.
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Koto Matsudaira then went to Paris where he received a Juris Doctor in 1931.
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Koto Matsudaira first joined the League of Nations as a Japanese delegate to Geneva in 1932.
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Koto Matsudaira then served as the first secretary at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, DC where his uncle Saburo Kurusu worked.
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Koto Matsudaira helped negotiate a draft of the Treaty of San Francisco in 1951.
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Koto Matsudaira was appointed as the ambassador to Canada in March 1954, serving in that capacity until May 1957.
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Koto Matsudaira was then appointed as a Permanent Representative to the United Nations in May 1957 until May 1961.
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Koto Matsudaira then pledged cooperation with the Japanese American Citizens League to help eliminate the term "Jap" from daily use.
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In 1958, when the United States sent its forces to Lebanon during the 1958 Lebanon crisis, Koto Matsudaira considered the move debatable.
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Koto Matsudaira served in that position again in October 1959.
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In 1960, Koto Matsudaira attended a pioneer banquet hosted by the JACL, where he gave an address to several JACL members and Issei urging cooperation between nations for world peace.
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In 1962, regarding the Sino-Indian War, Koto Matsudaira insisted on Japanese support for India while warning against Chinese expansionism.
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Koto Matsudaira's resting place is at Myokei-ji in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture.
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In 1951, Koto Matsudaira sent his daughter, Tokiko, to live with the family of Murray Sprung in New York City while attending school.