Komura Jutaro's Imperial Diplomacy

Komura Jutaro

As Japan's foreign minister, Komura Jutaro successfully directed high-stakes imperial diplomacy, orchestrating the 1902 Anglo-Japanese Alliance, signing the Treaty of Portsmouth to conclude the Russo-Japanese War, and leading negotiations to recover tariff autonomy, thereby securing Japan's equal footing among world powers.

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1855	Birth of Komura Jutaro (Period: October 26, 1855 (Ansei 2, September 16)., Location: Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture (formerly Obi Domain, Hyuga Province).)
1861	Studying at the Shintokudo Domain School of Obi Domain (Age: 5 years old, Period: 1861–1869, Location: Obi Domain, Hyuga Province (Present-day Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture))
1870	Advancement to Daigaku Nanko (Age: 14 years old, Period: 1870, Location: Tokyo)
1875	Study at Harvard University (Age: 19 years old, Period: 1875–1878, Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
1880	Employment at the Ministry of Justice and Appointment as a Judge (Jutaro Komura, Age: 24 years old, Period: 1880–1884, Location: Tokyo, Osaka, etc., Japan)
1881	Marriage to Machi Asahina (Age: 25 years old, Period: 1881, Location: Japan; Exact Wedding Location Unknown) Marriage (Jutaro Komura, Machi Asahina, Age: 25 years old, Period: 1881 (Meiji 14), Location: Japan; Exact Wedding Location Unknown)
1884	Career Change to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1884, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area)
1888	Appointment as Director of the Translation Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Jutaro Komura, Age: 32 years old, Period: 1888, Location: Tokyo)
1893	Assignment to the Legation in Qing China (Age: 37 years old, Period: 1893, Location: Beijing, China)
1894	Donghak Peasant Revolution (Gabo Peasant War, Age: 38 years old, Period: January 1894 – Early 1895, Location: Various Locations in Korea, Centered in the Southern Korean Peninsula) Appointment as Director-General of the Political Affairs Bureau During the First Sino-Japanese War (Jutaro Komura, Age: 38 years old, Period: 1894, Location: Tokyo, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) First Sino-Japanese War (Age: 38 years old, Period: 1894–1895, Location: Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Liaodong Peninsula, Shandong Peninsula, Taiwan, etc.)
1895	Appointment as Minister Plenipotentiary to Korea (Jutaro Komura, Age: 39 years old, Period: 1895–1896, Location: Hanseung, Joseon Dynasty (Present-day Seoul Metropolitan City, South Korea)) Signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki (Age: 39 years old, Period: April 17, 1895, Location: Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan) Assassination of Empress Myeongseong (Eulmi Incident, Age: 39 years old, Period: October 8, 1895, Location: Gyeongbokgung Palace, Joseon Dynasty (Present-day Seoul Metropolitan City, South Korea))
1896	Appointment as Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs (Jutaro Komura, Age: 40 years old, Period: 1896, Location: Tokyo Metropolitan Area) Signing of the Komura-Weber Memorandum (Age: 40 years old, Period: May 1896, Location: Hanseung, Korea (Present-day Seoul Metropolitan City, South Korea))
1898	Appointment as Minister to the United States (Jutaro Komura, Age: 42 years old, Period: 1898, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1899	Boxer Rebellion (Age: 43 years old, Period: 1899–1901, Location: Northern China, Beijing, Tianjin, etc.)
1900	Appointment as Minister to Russia and Qing China (Jutaro Komura, Age: 44 years old, Period: 1900, Location: St. Petersburg, Russian Empire; Beijing, China)
1901	Signing of the Boxer Protocol (Age: 45 years old, Period: September 7, 1901, Location: Beijing, China) Appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the First Katsura Cabinet (Jutaro Komura, Age: 45 years old, Period: September 21, 1901, Location: Tokyo)
1902	Signing of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance (Age: 46 years old, Period: January 30, 1902, Location: London, United Kingdom)
1903	Diplomacy Leading to the Outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1903–1904, Location: Tokyo, Japan; St. Petersburg, Russian Empire, etc.)
1905	Portsmouth Peace Conference and Treaty of Portsmouth (Age: 49 years old, Period: August – September 5, 1905, Location: Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States)
1906	Resignation as Foreign Minister and Appointment as Ambassador to Great Britain (Jutaro Komura, Age: 50 years old, Period: 1906, Location: Tokyo, Japan; London, United Kingdom)
1908	Reappointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Second Katsura Cabinet (Age: 52 years old, Period: August 27, 1908, Location: Tokyo) Signing of the Root-Takahira Agreement (Age: 53 years old, Period: November 30, 1908, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1910	Signing of the Second Russo-Japanese Convention (Age: 54 years old, Period: July 4, 1910, Location: St. Petersburg) Signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty (Age: 54 years old, Period: August 22, 1910 (Promulgated and Effective August 29), Location: Hanseung, Korean Empire (Present-day Seoul Metropolitan City, South Korea))
1911	Recovery of Tariff Autonomy (Age: 55 years old, Period: 1911, Location: Tokyo, Japan; Venues for Diplomatic Negotiations with European and American Nations) Elevation to Marquess and Resignation as Foreign Minister (Jutaro Komura, Age: 55 years old, Period: April – August 1911, Location: Tokyo) Death of Komura Jutaro (Age: 56 years old, Period: November 26, 1911 (Meiji 44). Died in Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Burial plot is at Aoyama Cemetery in Minato-ku, Tokyo.) Death (Age: 56 years old, Period: November 26, 1911, Location: Hayama, Kanagawa Prefecture)

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