Mamoru Shigemitsu

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Japanese diplomat Japanese politician government minister human

Mamoru Shigemitsu was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as foreign minister and signed Japan’s formal surrender at the end of World War II.

Aliases (1)

Shigemitsu ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese diplomat → Japanese politician → government minister → human →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
convictedBy	International Military Tribunal for the Far East →
convictedOf	Class A war crimes →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
date	1945-09-02 →
dateOfBirth	1887-07-29 →
dateOfConviction	1948-11-12 →
dateOfDeath	1957-01-26 →
dateOfRelease	1950-12-24 →
educatedAt	Tokyo Imperial University →
era	Shōwa period →
eventParticipatedIn	Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender → World War II →
familyName	Shigemitsu →
givenName	Mamoru →
languageSpoken	English → Japanese →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Liberal Party (Japan, 1945) →
name	Mamoru Shigemitsu →
nativeName	重光葵 →
notableFor	serving as Japan’s foreign minister at the end of World War II → signing Japan’s formal surrender in 1945 →
notableWork	Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender →
occupation	diplomat → politician →
penalty	imprisonment →
place	Tokyo Bay → USS Missouri →
placeOfBirth	Bungo-Ōno, Ōita Prefecture, Japan →
placeOfDeath	Tokyo, Japan →
placeOfDetention	Sugamo Prison →
positionHeld	Ambassador of Japan to China → Ambassador of Japan to the League of Nations → Ambassador of Japan to the Soviet Union → Ambassador of Japan to the United Kingdom → Deputy Prime Minister of Japan → Member of the House of Representatives of Japan → Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan → Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan →
religion	Buddhism →
represented	Empire of Japan →
returnedTo	politics →
sexOrGender	male →
signed	Japanese Instrument of Surrender →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mamoru Shigemitsu ("Shigemitsu") →	familyName
Mamoru Shigemitsu →	name
Sugamo Prison →	notablePrisoner
Japanese Instrument of Surrender →	signedBy