Background
Tomoyoshi Shirahata was born in 1913 in Fukushima, Japan.
知良 白幡
Tomoyoshi Shirahata was born in 1913 in Fukushima, Japan.
Tomoyoshi Shirahata graduated from Law Department of Tokyo University (1938) and became a diplomatic student secretary of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Tomoyoshi Shirahata was assigned to Britain (1938) and transferred to Italy (1939).
He was appointed third secretary of the Japanese Embassy in Italy (1942), secretary of the Japanese Legation in Switzerland (1944).
Appointed director of the Overseas Office at Soerabaja (1951) and Consul the following year. Appointed secretary to the Prime Minister (1953); chief of the Third Section of the Asia Bureau of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1955).