Nitobe Inazō

was a Japanese agronomist, diplomat, political scientist, politician, and writer. He studied at Sapporo Agricultural College under the influence of its first president William S. Clark and later went to the United States to study agricultural policy. After returning to Japan, he served as a professor at Sapporo Agricultural College, Kyoto Imperial University, and Tokyo Imperial University, and the deputy secretary general of the League of Nations. He also devoted himself to women's education, helping to found the Tsuda Eigaku Juku and serving as the first president of Tokyo Woman's Christian University and president of the Tokyo Women's College of Economics.

Nitobe was a professor of colonialism, and a strong advocate for Japanese colonialism. He promoted Japan's colonization of Korea and served in the colonial government of Taiwan. He described Korean people as "primitive" and inferior to Japanese people, and called for Japan to improve them via a civilizing mission. Provided by Wikipedia