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Mamoru Shigemitsu

SurnameShigemitsu
Given NameMamoru
Born29 Jul 1887
Died27 Jun 1957
CountryJapan
CategoryGovernment
GenderMale

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ww2dbaseMamoru Shigemitsu was born in Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University in 1907. He was the Japanese ambassador to China, Russia, and Britain prior to the war. Near the end of WW2, he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan. He was among the Japanese diplomats who arrived aboard the battleship Missouri to sign the instrument of surrender on 2 Sep 1945. After the war, he was tried for waging war and for "deliberately and recklessly disregarded their duty", and was sentenced to seven years in prison. He was paroled in 1950. He returned to politics as a leader of the Reform Party, and was the Foreign Minister between 1954 and 1956.

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Last Major Revision: Aug 2006

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Photographs

Foreign delegations at Sun YatsenAttendees of the Greater East Asia Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 5 Nov 1943, photo 3 of 4; left to right: Ba Maw, Zhang Jinghui, Wang Jingwei, Hideki Tojo, Wan Waithayakon, José Laurel, Subhas Chandra BoseAttendees of the Greater East Asia Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 5 Nov 1943, photo 4 of 4; left to right: Ba Maw, Zhang Jinghui, Wang Jingwei, Hideki Tojo, Wan Waithayakon, José Laurel, Subhas Chandra BoseHideki Tojo (first from left), Mamoru Shigemitsu (third from left) and other Japanese representatives awaiting the arrival of attendees of Greater East Asia Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 5 Nov 1943
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Videos

Newsreel of Japanese signing formal instruments of surrender aboard USS Missouri

Mamoru Shigemitsu Timeline

1887年7月29日 Mamoru Shigemitsu was born.
1943年4月28日 Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu wrote to Baron Hiroshi Oshima in Berlin, Germany, urging the ambassador to exert his influence with the Nazi leadership to encourage Germany to make a separate peace with the Soviet Union.
1957年6月27日 Mamoru Shigemitsu passed away.




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More on Mamoru Shigemitsu
Event(s) Participated:
» Greater East Asia Conference
» Japan's Surrender

Document(s):
» Imperial Rescript for Surrender
» Japanese Instrument of Surrender

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Foreign delegations at Sun Yatsen
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