was a Japanese diplomat and jurist who served as member of the Japanese delegation to the

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at the Paris Peace Conference and represented Japan to the

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. He also sat on a number of national and international judicial and arbitral positions, including as a judge on the

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Early life and education

Nagaoka was born in Kobe, and studied law at the

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and the Ecole Sciences Politiques in

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Legal and diplomatic career

Between 1900 and 1902 served as legal counselor for the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1904-1905 served as secretary of the judge Ichiro Motono in the case of the Japanese tax houses decided at the

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. In 1907 served as member of the secretariat of the Second Hague Peace Conference. In 1912 served as member of the Japanese delegation at the International Conference for the Unification of the Law Concerning Bills of Exchange. In 1914 served as member of the Japanese

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. In 1917-1921 served as counselor of the Japanese Embassy in Paris. During the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, served as member of the Japanese delegation, as well as member of the

. On October 17, 1921, the first Japanese Legation was opened in Prague, and Nagaoka became the first envoy. In 1921-1923 served as Japanese

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in Prague, and while in that capacity represented his country at the Lausanne Peace Conference in 1923, which drafted the peace treaty with Turkey. In 1923-1925 served as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Hague. In 1925-1926 served as Director of Treaties and Conventions Division at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1926-1930 served as ambassador in Berlin. In 1930 represented his country at the Hague Conference for the Codification of International Law. Served as ambassador in Paris in 1932-1933. Following the death of Permanent Court of International Justice judge

Mineichirō Adachi was a Japanese legal expert and President of the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague from 1931 until 1934. Early life Adachi was born in what is now the town of Yamanobe, Yamagata, Japan. In 1892, he graduated from the law scho ...

, he was viewed as best to replace him, and on September 14, 1935, was elected judge at the Permanent Court of International Justice at the Hague. Following the German occupation of the Netherlands in May 1940, the Court ceased to function effectively, and on July 16, its members moved to Bern, Switzerland, where the court officially maintained its headquarters. On February 15, 1942, Nagaoka resigned his position as judge.Permanent Court of International Justice, ''Sixteenth Report'', p. 23

Works

* ''Histoire des relations du Japon avec l'Europe aux XVIe et XVIIe siècles'' (1905) * diplomatic memoirs covering the period 1930-1935 (published posthumously)

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Table of the League Assemblies
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Early life and education

Legal and diplomatic career

Works

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