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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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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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Newsreel of Japanese signing formal instruments of surrender aboard USS Missouri

Mamoru Shigemitsu Timeline

29 Jul 1887 Mamoru Shigemitsu was born.
28 Apr 1943 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.
27 Jun 1957 Mamoru Shigemitsu passed away.




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Event(s) Participated:
» Greater East Asia Conference
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» Imperial Rescript for Surrender
» Japanese Instrument of Surrender

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