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Japanese politician, war criminal (–)

The native form of this personal name is Tōgō Shigenori. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Shigenori Tōgō (東郷 茂徳, Tōgō Shigenori, 10 December – 23 July ) was Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Empire of Japan at both the start and the end of the Axis–Allied conflict during World War II.

He also served as Minister of Colonial Affairs in , and assumed the same position, renamed the Minister for Greater East Asia, in ^[1]

Early life

Tōgō was born in Hioki District, Kagoshima, in what is now part of the city of Hioki, Kagoshima.

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His family was a descendant of Koreans who settled in Kyushu after the Toyotomi Hideyoshi's campaign against Korea (–98). His father took up "Tōgō" as the last name in , replacing the original Korean surname "Boku", or "Park".

He was a graduate of the Literature Department of Tokyo Imperial University in , and subsequently studied the German language