Hachirō Arita
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Hachirō Arita was a Japanese politician and diplomat who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs for three terms. He coined the term Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, which provided an official agenda for Imperial Japan's expansionism. Wikipedia
Born: September 21, 1884, Mano, Sado, Niigata, Japan
Died: March 4, 1965 (age 80 years), Tokyo, Japan
Previous offices: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan (1940–1940), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan (1938–1939), and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan (1936–1937)
Education: University of Tokyo