https://freerepublic.com/tag/toshikazukase/ en-us Fri, 13 Nov 2026 23:07:22 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4402976/posts NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯@japan_nobunaga·10hA Japanese diplomat in a morning coat and top hat stepped onto the deck of USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, bracing for the worst humiliation.His name was Toshikazu Kase. He had passed the Japanese Foreign Service examination in 1925 and studied at Amherst and Harvard. He had been on duty at the Foreign Ministry on the weekend of Pearl Harbor, and had helped prepare the document breaking off negotiations with the United States. Now, on an American battleship, he was there to end the war.It was Kase who had suggested the civilian delegation wear formal diplomatic attire of morning dress... https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4402976/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2026 23:07:22 GMT