Kiichi Aichi

Kiichi Aichi
愛知 揆一
Aichi in 1971
Born(1907-10-10)10 October 1907
Tokyo, Japan
Died23 November 1973(1973-11-23) (aged 66)
Tokyo, Japan
NationalityJapanese
OccupationCabinet Minister

Kiichi Aichi (愛知 揆一, Aichi Kiichi, 10 October 1907 – 23 November 1973) was a Japanese politician and cabinet minister in post-war Japan. He held several cabinet-level positions throughout his career, including Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister of Finance and Minister of Education.[1] He notably negotiated and signed the Okinawa Reversion Agreement with the United States on behalf of then Japanese prime minister Eisaku Satō in 1971.[2][3]

  1. ^ "愛知 揆一". Kotobank. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Agreement Between the United States of America and Japan Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands". ryukyu-okinawa.net. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. ^ Toyoda, Yukiko; Gabe, Masaaki (31 March 2021). "The Precarious Linkage between Trade and Security : A Trade-Off Involving Textile Limits and the Reversion of Okinawa?". Okinawan Journal of Island Studies (in Japanese). 2. Research Institute for Islands and Sustainability: 65–89. ISSN 2435-3302. Retrieved 31 August 2024.