Edwin O. Reischauer

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Edwin O. Reischauer was an influential American diplomat and scholar of Japanese studies who served as U.S. Ambassador to Japan and helped shape postwar U.S.–Japan relations.

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instanceOf American diplomat
Japanologist
human
university professor
academicDegree PhD in Far Eastern Languages
academicTitle Professor of Japanese History
appointedBy John F. Kennedy NERFINISHED
awardReceived Order of the Sacred Treasure NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath complications from surgery after a stabbing attack
child Robert Reischauer NERFINISHED
citizenship United States of America
coAuthoredWith Albert M. Craig NERFINISHED
Marius B. Jansen NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Japan NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1910-10-15
dateOfDeath 1990-09-01
educatedAt Harvard University
Oberlin College NERFINISHED
University of Chicago
employer Harvard University
endTime 1966-08-19
familyName Reischauer NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork East Asian history
Japanese studies
international relations
fullName Edwin Oldfather Reischauer NERFINISHED
givenName Edwin NERFINISHED
honor Order of the Rising Sun NERFINISHED
influenced U.S. policy toward Japan
languageSpoken Chinese
English
Japanese
legacy Harvard’s Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies named in his honor NERFINISHED
notableEvent was stabbed by a mentally ill assailant in Tokyo in 1964 while serving as U.S. Ambassador
notableFor promoting mutual understanding between the United States and Japan
shaping postwar U.S.–Japan relations
notableWork Japan: Past and Present NERFINISHED
Japan: The Story of a Nation NERFINISHED
My Life Between Japan and America NERFINISHED
The Japanese
Toward the Twenty-First Century NERFINISHED
occupation author
diplomat
scholar
university teacher
parent Joseph H. Reischauer NERFINISHED
Lilian Reischauer NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Tokyo NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath La Jolla, California NERFINISHED
positionHeld United States Ambassador to Japan NERFINISHED
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
spouse Harriet Baldwin NERFINISHED
Harriet Reischauer NERFINISHED
Harriet Reischauer (née Baldwin) NERFINISHED
startTime 1961-04-28
subjectOf Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University NERFINISHED

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McCune–Reischauer namedAfter Edwin O. Reischauer