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Hachiro Arita or Arita Hachiro was a Japanese politician and diplomat who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs

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Hachiro Arita or Arita Hachiro (21 September 1884 – 4 March 1965) was a Japanese politician and diplomat who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs for three terms. He is believed to have originated the concept of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Arita became Foreign Minister under the cabinet of Prime Minister Koki Hirota in 1936, and continued to serve in that post under the administrations of Fumimaro Konoe and Kiichiro Hiranuma and Mitsumasa Yonai. He was also a member of the House of Peers in the Diet of Japan from 1938

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20th century

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Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

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Hachiro Arita Arita Hachiro Japanese politician diplomat Minister for Foreign Affairs Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Foreign Minister cabinet Prime Minister Koki Hirota administration Fumimaro Konoe Kiichiro Hiranuma Mitsumasa Yonai member House of Peers Diet of Japan 20th century Japan politics government Asia

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