Togo Shigenori, defendant, International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Born 10 December 1882; died 23 July 1950. Graduated Literature Department, Tokyo Imperial University (July 1908); Third Secretary, Japanese Legation in Switzerland (June 1918); Third Secretary, Japanese Embassy to Germany (February 1920); Second Secretary, Japanese Embassy to Germany (July 1920); First Secretary, Japanese Embassy to U.S. (December 1925); Councilor, Japanese Embassy to Germauy (June 1929); Ambassador to Germany (October 1937-October 1938); Ambassador to U.S.S.R. (October 1938 — August 1940); Foreign Minister, Tojo Cabinet (18 Octtober 1941 — 1 September 1942); Overseas Minister, Tojo Cabinet (18 October 1941 — 2 December 1941); appointed to House of Peers, Imperial Diet (September 1942); Foreign Minister, Suzuki Cabinet (9 April 1945 — 17 August 1945); Greater Asiatic Minister, Suzuki Cabinet (9 April 1945 — 17 August 1945). Arrested 11 September 1945; designated war criminal by China and U.K.; appeared as defense witness at IMTFE. Charged on forty-four counts (reduced to eight), found guilty on five counts; sentenced to twenty years imprisonment, died while in prison.