Admiral Shimada Shigetaro, defendant, International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
Born 24 September 1883; died 7 June 1976. Graduated Naval Academy (November 1904); Ensign (August 1905); Lieutenant Junior Grade (September 1907); Lieutenant (October 1909); Lieutenant Commander (December 1915); Naval Attache, Japanese Embassy to Italy (December 1917); Commander (December 1920); Instructor, Naval Staff College (December 1923); Captain (December 1924); Captain, H.I.J.N.S. Tama (August 1928); Captain, H.I.J.N.S. Hie (December 1928); Rear Admiral (November 1929); Chief of Staff, Combined and First Fleets (December 1930); Vice Admiral (November 1934); Vice Chief , Naval General Staff (2 December 1935 — 1 December 1937); Commander, Second Fleet (December 1937 — November 1938); Commander, China Area Fleet (May 1940 — September 1941); Admiral (November 1940); Navy Minister, Tojo Cabinet (18 October 1941 — 17 July 1944); Chief, Naval General Staff (21 February 1944 — 2 August 1944); Supreme War Councilor (August 1944); retired from Navy (January 1945). Arrested 11 September 1945 ; designated war criminal by U.K. and China; appeared as defense witness at IMTFE. Charged on thirty-nine counts (reduced to seven), found guilty on five counts; sentenced to life imprisonment, paroled in 1955, unconditionally released in 1958.