May, 23, 2012

Making The World A Better Place

Reflections on the growth of a career, a city, and a diplomatic relationship

Published November 3, 2004

Japanese Ambassador Kensaku Hogen is speaking about his reasons for entering the foreign service, after four decades of representing his country abroad. "My father was also a diplomat," he explains. "I was born in 1941. In 1953, after the 1951 San Francisco peace treaty, the Japanese came back to the world community. My father became consul-general in Los Angeles, and I was 12 years old when we went to live in Southern...

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