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Nitobe Inaz was a Japanese agricultural economist, author, educator, diplomat, politician, and Christian during the preWorld War II period.

Nitobe was born in Morioka, Mutsu Province . His father was a retainer to the local daimy of the Nambu clan. His infant name was Inanosuke. Nitobe left Morioka for Tokyo in 1871 to become the heir to his uncle, Ota Tokitoshi, and adopted the name Ota Inaz. He later reverted to Nitobe when his brothers died.

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