Akizuki Satsuo
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Hyuga Province
was an old province of Japan on the east coast of Kyūshū, corresponding to the modern Miyazaki Prefecture. It was sometimes called or . Hyūga bordered on Bungo, Higo, Ōsumi, and Satsuma Province.The ancient capital was near Saito.-Historical record:...
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He was the third of four sons. His father, was an elder of the Takanabe Domain
Takanabe Domain
The ' was a Japanese domain of the Edo Period, located in Hyūga Province . The domain was ruled by the Akizuki clan for the entirety of the Edo period.-History:...
. His younger brother, , was an official in the Ministry of Agricultural and Trade Affairs, and contributed to the growth of the Sumitomo Zaibatsu
Zaibatsu
is a Japanese term referring to industrial and financial business conglomerates in the Empire of Japan, whose influence and size allowed for control over significant parts of the Japanese economy from the Meiji period until the end of World War II.-Terminology:...
. was his brother-in-law.
He graduated from the Han school
Han school
The han school was an educational institution in the Edo period of Japan, originally established to educate children of daimyo and their retainers in the domains outside of the capital...
called founded by . He attended Kagoshima Medical School, but dropped out. He graduated from the Japanese Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice (Japan)
The is one of Ministries of the Japanese government.-Meiji Constitution:The Ministry of Justice was established under the Constitution of the Empire of Japan in 1871 as the .-Constitution of Japan:...
Law School
Law school
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He worked in the Ministry of Justice for a time, but then became a diplomat. He worked as a diplomat to Sweden
Sweden
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, the Japanese ambassador to Belgium
Belgium
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, and the ambassador extraordinary to Australia
Australia
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, before leaving office in 1914. He worked as a plenipotentiary advisor at the Paris Peace Conference
Paris Peace Conference, 1919
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in 1919.
During his time as ambassador to Belgium
Belgium
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, in 1908, he observed a British Boy Scout
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event. He reported his findings to others, which spread word of the Boy Scout
Scouting
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movement to Japan.
He was an editorial advisor for (and later president of) the Asahi Shimbun
Asahi Shimbun
The is the second most circulated out of the five national newspapers in Japan. Its circulation, which was 7.96 million for its morning edition and 3.1 million for its evening edition as of June 2010, was second behind that of Yomiuri Shimbun...
newspaper, worked as the head of the newspaper, and was also deputy leader of the . Together with the politician , he put much effort into the foundation of , "The Value-Creating Education Society", the former incarnation of Soka Gakkai.He later become the member of the lay organisation and praticising Nichiren Buddhism.