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| |  | | Mamoru Shigemitsu | | | context : | Japan  | | judgement place : | Tokyo IMT | | status : | Sentenced | | particulars : | Sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for war crimes and crimes against peace by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East | | position : | Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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| | | | Mamoru Shigemitsu was born on 29 July 1887 in Oita. He took up a diplomatic career and held posts in London, Berlin and the United States. From 1931 to 1932, he was Japanese Ambassador to China during the invasion of Manchuria by the Japanese Army. From 1933 to 1936, he held the position of Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs.
In April 1932, an attempt was made on his life resulting in the loss of his right leg. In 1936, he was made Japanese Ambassador to the USSR, a post he held until 1938 when serious border incidents broke out between Japanese and Soviet soldiers. He became subsequently Japanese Ambassador to the United Kingdom until 1941, when the attack on Pearl Harbour took place.
In 1943, he succeeded Masayuki as Minister for Foreign Affairs and held this position until the end of the war. In this capacity, he signed the allied forces' unconditional surrender document on 2 September 1945.
He was arrested shortly afterwards and indicted for war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), Tokyo. | |     click for more... | | Trial Watch would like to remind its users that any person charged by national or international authorities is presumed innocent until proven guilty. | |  |  | | nationality : | | | Japan | | | date of birth : | | | 29.07.1887 | | | charges : | | | Aggression
War crimes | | | profile last modified : | | | 28.01.2007 |
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