Takeso Shimoda | |
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下田 武三 | |
Japanese Ambassador to the United States | |
In office 28 June 1967 – September 1970 | |
Preceded by | Ryūji Takeuchi |
Succeeded by | Nobuhiko Ushiba |
Personal details | |
Born | Tokyo, Japan | April 3, 1907
Died | January 22, 1995 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 87)
Takeso Shimoda (下田 武三, Shimoda Takezō, 3 April 1907 – 22 January 1995) was a Japanese diplomat who served as ambassador to the United States and a justice in the Supreme Court of Japan.
Shimoda served as vice foreign minister (a bureaucratic appointment) within the Japanese Foreign Ministry. [1]
He was involved in the revision of the 1951 Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan. [2]
Shimoda served as ambassador to the United States from 28 June 1967 until September 1970. [3] He was a signatory of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons on 3 February 1970. [4]
From 12 January 1971 until 2 April 1977, he served as a justice in the Supreme Court of Japan. [5]
He was commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball from March 1979 until 1985. [1] His predecessor, Toshi Kaneko, resigned after a trade scandal. [6]
Shimoda had a wife, Mitsue, a son, and two daughters. [2]
Shimoda died from heart failure on 22 January 1995 in Tokyo. [1]
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