Mamoru Shigemitsu
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Mamoru Shigemitsu was a Japanese diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs three times during and after World War II and as Deputy Prime Minister. As a civilian plenipotentiary
Shigemitsu in 1945
Hongkew Park, Shanghai, after the bombing in which Shigemitsu lost his leg on April 29, 1932
Shigemitsu (with cane) on board USS Missouri, September 2, 1945
Shigemitsu signs the Japanese Instrument of Surrender at the end of World War II, accompanied by Toshikazu Kase (right).
Yoshijirō Umezu
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Yoshijirō Umezu was a Japanese general and Chief of the Army General Staff during the final years of World War II. He was convicted of war crimes and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Mamoru Shigemitsu
…1945 in the Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko administration right before Japan's surrender. Shigemitsu, as civilian plenipotentiary, along with General Yoshijirō Umezu, signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on board the battleship USS Missouri on September 2, 1945. Despite Shigemitsu's well-known opposition to…
Yoshijiro Umedu
Umezu in 1912
Umezu signing the instrument of surrender to the Allied nations