Mamoru Shigemitsu 重光葵
（重定向自Shigemitsu Mamoru）
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![Shigemitsu (with cane) on board USS Missouri, September 2, 1945](/Images/godic/202502/10/Surrender_of_Japan_-_USS_Missouri3524.jpg")
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Mamoru Shigemitsu(重光 葵Shigemitsu Mamoru, July 29, 1887 – January 26, 1957) was a Japanese diplomat and politician in the Empire of Japan, who served as the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs at the end of World War II and later, as the Deputy Prime Minister of Japan.