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  • San Diego Jewish Journal Holocaust Remembrance Edition May 2016 highlights the historical novel, The Emperor and the Spy and the outstanding achievements of Colonel Sidney Mashbir.
  • The Emperor and the Spy, was one of two books highlighted during academic/diplomatic event sponsored by the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan and hosted by San Diego World Affairs Council
  • Osher Lifelong Education Institute – UCSD Presentation. Remarkable story, the alliance between a patriotic U.S. Intelligence Agent, Colonel Sidney Mashbir, and a humanitarian Japanese International Statesman, Prince Iyesato Tokugawa, who heroically delayed and attempted to prevent WWII in the Pacific.
  • Tokugawa & Komatsu, Forgotten Heroes – Until his passing in 1940, Prince Iyesato Tokugawa held back WWII in the Pacific – Tokugawa’s diplomatic legacy lived on after WWII ended, when his protégé, Takashi Komatsu, guided the US and Japan to again become friends and allies.
  • Have you ever wondered how US and Japan re-established their friendship and alliance following the trauma of WWII? Here’s a new biography that honors an amazing Japanese American statesman, Takashi Komatsu, who guided this major achievement.

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The Emperor and the Spy, was one of two books highlighted during academic/diplomatic event sponsored by the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan and hosted by San Diego World Affairs Council

May 28, 2025 by Stan S. Katz Leave a Comment

On June 22nd, 2016 the Prime Minister’s Office of Japan sent a delegation of historians, diplomats, military experts, and professors from Japan to America on a goodwill diplomatic/educational tour. They held panel discussions on the rise of international tensions in the Southeast Asian Pacific region, issues involved and possible solutions. The event took place on the campus of the University of San Diego, at the Joan Kroc Institute of Peace and Justice . . . The historical novel, The Emperor and the Spy, honors many Japanese leaders who attempted to prevent World War Two in the Pacific. The author of this novel was invited to do a book signing at this gathering. A copy of the novel was inscribed by the author to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. This copy was given to Kenko Sone the head of the visiting Japanese delegation. Kenko Sone also held the position of Director of Global Communications for the Office of the Prime Minister. Kenko Sone kindly offered to present the inscribed gifted copy to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe upon his return to Japan. Kenko Sone is currently the Consul General to the Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles. Continue Reading...

Filed Under: Mashbir Archives Tagged With: Chisako Masuo (Kyushu University), David Edick Jr., David Edick Jr. President of  SDWAC, Donald K. Emmerson (Stanford University), East Asian Geopolitical Realignment 1930's and the Present, Fifteen Lectures on Showa Japan: Road to the Pacific War in Recent Historiography, Haruo Tohmatsu (National Defense Academy of Japan), Japan Library, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, Kan Kimura (Kobe University), Kenko Sone, Kenko Sone Director of Global Communications, Kevin M. Doak (Georgetown University), Kota Watanabe (Teikyo University), Noda Makito and Paul Narum, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister's Office of Japan, Prince Tokugawa, Prince Tokugawa Archives, Prince Tokugawa Iesato, Reno L. Harnish III, San Diego World Affairs Council, Shinzo Abe, Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, Stan S. Katz, Stan S. Katz archives, Stan S. Katz blog, The Emperor and the Spy, The Emperor and The Spy: The Secret Alliance to Prevent WWII, Tosh Minohara (Kobe University), Tsutsui Kiyotada, U.S. Ambassador Reno Harnish III, U.S. Ambassador Reno L. Harnish III, US bilateral alliances with Japan and South Korea

INDEX from THE ART OF PEACE

October 15, 2019 by Stan S. Katz Leave a Comment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Art of Peace presents the inspiring life and accomplishments of Prince Iyesato Tokugawa (aka Prince Tokugawa Iesato –  1863-1940), an amazing international statesmen and humanitarian. The biography is available in two versions: the more streamlined General reader edition and the ‘Expanded’ edition, which includes additional historical notes and an Index…This Index is presented further below to assist historians/educators/students doing research about this intriguing period of history, and for those pursuing genealogical research about their family members who were socially or politically active during that period. Continue Reading...

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