Matsuzo Nagai

Matsuzo Nagai
Nagai in 1917
Born	(1877-03-05)March 5, 1877 Aichi Prefecture
Died	April 19, 1957(1957-04-19) (aged 80)

Matsuzo Nagai (永井 松三, Nagai Matsuzō, March 5, 1877 – April 19, 1957) was a Japanese diplomat and Olympic Games activist.

Biography

He was born on March 5, 1877, in Aichi Prefecture.

He served in the Japanese delegation to the League of Nations in 1920, and served as Japanese Ambassador to Sweden and Finland in 1925–1930. In 1930, he formed part of the Japanese delegation to the London Naval Conference. He served as Ambassador to Germany from April 1933 to October 1934. In 1936, he served as Minister of Transportation, and was an active supporter of naval expansion plans. In 1937, he was active in the Japanese governmental committee which was charged with preparing the Olympic games scheduled to take place in Tokyo in 1940, which was eventually cancelled. He also served as a member of the International Olympic Committee in 1939–1950. He received the Grand Cross of the Royal Swedish Order of the Polar Star in 1928. He died on April 19, 1957.

See also

• List of Ambassadors of Japan to Finland
• List of Japanese ministers, envoys and ambassadors to Germany

External links

• Hiroshi Momose, Japan's Relations with Finland, 1919–1944, as Reflected by Japanese Source Materials
• Ricky W. Law, "Runner-up: Japan in the German Mass Media during the 1936 Olympic Games" Southeast Review of Asian Studies, 31 (2009) 164–180
• Article about Nagai's activities for holding olympic games in Japan