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Invitation (ddr-densho-335-145)
An invitation to a dinner hosted in honor of Yosuke Matsuoka, chief delgate of Japan to the League of Nations.

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Yosuke Matsuoka waving to a crowd from a train (ddr-njpa-4-898)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Foreign Minister Matsuoka leaving. Foreign Minister Matsuoka went on his way to visit Europe with his attendants on the 12th, departing from Tokyo Station at 10:25 a.m. The picture shows Foreign Minister Matsuoka at Tokyo Station, receiving a send-off from government officials and the public."

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German citizens and Nazi guards welcoming Yosuke Matsuoka to Berlin (ddr-njpa-4-890)
Captions on reverse [translation]: (Right photo): "An excited Berlin welcomes Foreign Minister Matsuoka. 1, On his way to the house of the German chancellor, Foreign Minister Matsuoka was given an enthusiastic welcome from the people on Wilhelmstrasse in Berlin, where flags of both Japan and Germany were hoisted." (Left photo): "1, Berlin citizens and Nazi Party …

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Yosuke Matsuoka shaking hands with a German woman (ddr-njpa-4-892)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Foreign Minister Matsuoka arrived in Berlin with enthusiastic welcome. (Berlin). 1, At a train station at the German border, Foreign Minister Matsuoka shook hands with a welcoming girl."

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Short article regarding Yosuke Matsuoka's son (ddr-njpa-4-900)
Article [translation]: "Rumors that the son of Matsuoka, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to study abroad. Bright news for Japan-America relationship. (Kuwa Bay) The son of Foreign Affairs Minister Matsuoka, Kenichiro, 27, is leaving for America on the 6th of this month by the ship Tatsuta Maru (or possibly the one after), departing from Yokohama, to study …

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Yosuke Matsuoka shaking hands with Hitler (ddr-njpa-4-896)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Foreign Minister Matsuoka and Chancellor Hitler. On March 7th, at his house in Berlin, Chancellor Hitler was delighted with the souvenir brought by Foreign Minister Matsuoka."

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Photographs and article regarding Yosuke Matsuoka's death (ddr-njpa-4-899)
Article title [translation]: "Closing the curtain on his colorful life, former Foreign Affairs Minister Matsuoka passed away"; Small photo caption [translation]: "Chief Justice William Webb"

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Yosuke Matsuoka and Yoshitsugu Tatekawa being greeted by Soviet leader (ddr-njpa-4-895)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Foreign Minister Matsuoka arrived in Moscow. (Moscow) On March 23rd Foreign Minister Matsuoka arrived in Moscow. The picture shows, from right, ______ protocol president, Foreign Minister Matsuoka, Ambassador Tatekawa, and the deputy manager of a public committee at Moscow Station."

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Yosuke Matsuoka on a balcony with Hitler (ddr-njpa-4-891)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "1, Foreign Minister Matsuoka responding to the citzens' welcome with Chancellor Hitler on the balcony of the chancellor's house."

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Yosuke Matsuoka with Joachim von Ribbentrop and Nazi officials (ddr-njpa-4-894)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Foreign Minister Matsuoka in Berlin. (Berlin) March 28. Foreign Minister Matsuoka heading to a dinner party with German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop, right."

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Photographs of Yosuke Matsuoka with Joachim von Ribbentrop and Hiroshi Oshima (ddr-njpa-4-893)
Captions on reverse [translation]: (Bottom photo): "Foreign Minister Matsuoka arrived in Berlin. 1, Foreign Minister heading to his hotel from the train station, riding with German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop." (Top photo): "1, Led by a German general, center, Foreign Minister Matsuoka visits the grave of a nameless soldier. Also pictured is Ambassador Oshima, front …

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Soviet leaders watching Yosuke Matsuoka sign the Japan-Soviet Neutrality Pact (ddr-njpa-4-897)
Caption on reverse [translation]: "Japan and Soviet Union signed a treaty. On April 13th, at the Kremlin Palace, a historic signing ceremony was held for a neutrality pact between Japan and the Soviet Union. The picture shows Foreign Minister Matsuoka signing the treaty; Miyakawa, embassy secretary; Ambassador Tatekawa; Lozovsky, deputy people's commissar of foreign affairs; Molotov, …