Nitobe Inazō
was a Japanese agronomist, diplomat, political scientist, politician, and writer. He studied at
Sapporo Agricultural College under the influence of its first president
William S. Clark and later went to the United States to study agricultural policy. After returning to Japan, he served as a professor at Sapporo Agricultural College,
Kyoto Imperial University, and
Tokyo Imperial University, and the deputy secretary general of the
League of Nations. He also devoted himself to
women's education, helping to found the
Tsuda Eigaku Juku and serving as the first president of
Tokyo Woman's Christian University and president of the Tokyo Women's College of Economics. He was also a strong advocate for
Japanese colonialism, and described Korean people as "primitive".
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