List of foreign residents in Japan (December 1941)

This is a list of foreign residents in Japan (December 1941). It lists all foreigners that lived in Japan when World War II hostilities broke out between Japan and the United States.

Foreign ambassadors accredited in Tokyo

• Old Yuan Manchukuo Ambassador
• Chu-Min-Yi Wang-Chingwei Government Ambassador
• Robert Craige British Ambassador
• Joseph C. Grew American Ambassador
• Eugene Dooman Adviser in American Embassy in Tokyo
• Eugen Ott German Ambassador
• Fritz von Petersdorf Assistant Military Attaché in German Embassy
• Paul Wenneker Naval Attaché in German Embassy
• Josef Meisinger German Adviser in Jewish Affairs
• Prince Varavarn Chief of Thai Diplomatic mission
• Charles Arsene-Henry Vichy France Ambassador
• Baron Fain Diplomatic Adviser in Vichy France Embassy
• Count Tascher Commercial Attaché in Vichy France Embassy
• J.C. Pabst Dutch Ambassador in Tokyo

Foreign General-Consuls accredited at Tokyo and Japanese held-lands

• August Pondschab German General-Consul at Manchu Government in Harbin

Foreign journalists and correspondents

• Joseph Newman ("New York Herald Tribune") - the author of book Goodbye Japan
• Joe Dynan ("Associated Press" Agency)
• Max Hill ("Associated Press")
• Bob Bellaire ("United Press")
• [...] Tenelly ("N.B.C." and Reuters Press Agency)
• Otto Tolischus ("Times" Review, New York)
• Walter Duranty (American free-lance Correspondent)
• James Cox ("Reuters" British Press Agency)
• W.R. Willis ("Japan News-Week")
• Al Downs ( "International News Service")
• Ray Cromley ( "Wall Street Journal")
• Caetano Aulisio ("Stefani" Italian Press Agency)
• Jim Tew ("Japan Advertiser")
• Newton Edgards ("Japan Advertiser")
• Chester Holcombe ("The China Weekly Review")
• A.Morgan Young ("Japan Chronicle")
• Richard Sorge ("D.N.B." German Press Agency)
• Roy Saiki
• Richard Fujii
• Thelma Hetch
• Wilfrid Fleischer
• Clarence Davies
• Al Pinder
• B.W.Fleisher
• Don Brown
• Frank Hedges

Foreign educators

• Professor George Kerr, working in the "Superior Commercial College of Taihoku" in Formosa
• Mr. Binkerton, teaching English in Tokyo School
• Lafcadio Hearn author and teacher in Tokyo

Foreign musicians

• Leo Sirota, American, one of best foreign pianists in Japan

Foreign businessmen

• Otto Hubmann German representant of METALLGESELLSCHAFT-LURGI FRANKFURT AM MAIN in Japan for some time
• C.Krayer German Chief of Nippon Lurgi Goshi K.K., which was the Lurgi office in Tokyo
• Tom Chichton an American businessmen in Tokyo
• Hal Schlieder American representative of Lockheed Company
• Elbert Gary President of "United States Steel Corporation linked with "J.P.Morgan"
• Thomas Lamont businessman of "United States Steel Corporation" and "J.P.Morgan"
• Frank Vanderlip Director of "National City Bank" of New York
• United States Steel Corporation

Foreign pro-Japanese supporters resident in Japan

• Rash Behari Bose, living in Japan for some time and received support from Mitsuru Toyama, chief of the "Black Dragon Society".
• Karl Haushofer residing for certain period. He entered the "Green Dragon Order" and developed some ideas about Geopolitics in here.

Foreign residents in Japan

• Chiang Kai Shek,was residing for sometimes in Japan before at outbreak of conflict. He graduated from the Japanese Military Academy and maintained contact with the "Black Dragon Society" and other local political groupings in Tokyo and Kobe for a certain period.
• Agnes Smedley residing in Japan for some time

Foreign visitors

• Genrikh Lyushkov (from Russia)
• Prince Gyn Rhee (from Chosen)
• Henry Puyi (from Manchukuo)
• Wang Chingwei (from Reformed Chinese State)
• Chou Fo-hai (from Reformed Chinese State)
• Cheng Kung-po (from Reformed Chinese State)
• Prince Demchugdongrub (from Mengjiang)
• Konstantin Vladimirovich Rodzaevsky (from Harbin, Manchukuo)
• Ba Maw (from Burma)
• Sultan Ibrahim of Johore (from Johore, British Malaya)
• Carlos Torriani (from Argentina)
• José Pagés Llergo (from Mexico)
• Isaac Diáz Araiza (from Mexico)
• Trebitsch-Lincoln (from Hungary)

Foreign political western advisers

• Frederick Moore American adviser to the Japanese Government during 1921-41 period

See also

• December 6 (novel)