Mamoru Shigemitsu
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mamoru Shigemitsu canonical | 5 |
| Shigemitsu | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T127141 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mamoru Shigemitsu Context triple: [Japanese Instrument of Surrender, signedBy, Mamoru Shigemitsu]
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A.
Terauchi Masatake
Terauchi Masatake was a Japanese military officer and statesman who served as the first Governor-General of Korea and later as Prime Minister of Japan during the early 20th century.
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B.
Hideki Tojo
Hideki Tojo was a Japanese general and Prime Minister during World War II who played a central role in Japan’s militaristic expansion and was later convicted as a war criminal.
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C.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese admiral who masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor and led the Imperial Japanese Navy during the early years of World War II in the Pacific.
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D.
Shigeru Yoshida
Shigeru Yoshida was a Japanese diplomat and statesman who led Japan’s post–World War II recovery and helped shape its pacifist constitution and pro-Western foreign policy.
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E.
Heihachiro Togo
Heihachiro Togo was a famed Japanese admiral best known for leading Japan to victory over Russia at the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mamoru Shigemitsu Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Terauchi Masatake
Terauchi Masatake was a Japanese military officer and statesman who served as the first Governor-General of Korea and later as Prime Minister of Japan during the early 20th century.
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B.
Hideki Tojo
Hideki Tojo was a Japanese general and Prime Minister during World War II who played a central role in Japan’s militaristic expansion and was later convicted as a war criminal.
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C.
Isoroku Yamamoto
Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese admiral who masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor and led the Imperial Japanese Navy during the early years of World War II in the Pacific.
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D.
Shigeru Yoshida
Shigeru Yoshida was a Japanese diplomat and statesman who led Japan’s post–World War II recovery and helped shape its pacifist constitution and pro-Western foreign policy.
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E.
Heihachiro Togo
Heihachiro Togo was a famed Japanese admiral best known for leading Japan to victory over Russia at the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War.
- F. None of above. chosen
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 |
University of Tokyo
ⓘ
surface form:
Tokyo Imperial University
|
| era |
Showa era
ⓘ
surface form:
Shōwa period
|
| eventParticipatedIn |
Japanese Instrument of Surrender
ⓘ
surface form:
Signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender
World War II ⓘ |
| familyName |
Mamoru Shigemitsu
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Shigemitsu
|
| givenName | Mamoru ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Liberal Party (Japan)
ⓘ
surface form:
Liberal Party (Japan, 1945)
|
| name | Mamoru Shigemitsu self-link ⓘ |
| 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 |
Japanese Instrument of Surrender
ⓘ
surface form:
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
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
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| returnedTo | politics ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| signed | Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mamoru Shigemitsu Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Shigemitsu