CTReaderEast.com Local News, Read all about it!: Robert Ingersoll, who Served as Envoy to Japan, Dies at 96 Robert Ingersoll, who Served as Envoy to Japan, Dies at 96 ================================================================================ Feeder on 28 August, 2010 10:30:03 Mr. Ingersoll took his business acumen as head of one of the country’s largest manufacturing corporations to the diplomatic table as ambassador to Japan and later deputy secretary of state.