Viscount was a Japanese diplomat.Kurino was born in Fukuoka prefecture.[1] He studied at Harvard University, and then worked in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[1] He served as Japan's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, an Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia, and Ambassador to France.[1] Kurino died in Tokyo.