Akizuki Satsuo
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Akizuki Satsuo (秋月 左都夫, February 24, 1858 – June 25, 1945) was a diplomat and government official of the upper third rank (正三位, shōsanmi) in the Imperial Household Ministry.[1] He was born in Hyūga Province.
He was the third of four sons. His father,
Sumitomo Zaibatsu. Makino Nobuaki
(牧野 伸顕) was his brother-in-law.
He graduated from the
Law School
.
He worked in the Ministry of Justice for a time, but then became a diplomat. He worked as a diplomat to
Paris Peace Conference
in 1919.
During his time as ambassador to Belgium, in 1908, he observed a British Boy Scout event. He reported his findings to others, which spread word of the Boy Scout movement to Japan.[citation needed]
He was an editorial advisor for (and later president of) the
Asahi Shimbun newspaper, worked as the head of the Keijō Nippō newspaper, and was also deputy leader of the Association for the Accession of the True Emperor in Greater Japan (大日本皇道立教会, Dainippon Honkō Dōritsu Kyōkai). Together with the politician Furushima Kazuo (古島 一雄), he put much effort into the foundation of Sōka Kyoiku Gakkai (創価教育学会), "The Value-Creating Education Society", the former incarnation of Soka Gakkai. He later become the member of the lay organisation and praticising Nichiren Buddhism.[clarification needed
]
References
- ISBN 978-1-4008-7623-5.
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