Editing Mamoru Shigemitsu (section)

==Pre-war==
Following the [[Mukden Incident]] in 1931, Shigemitsu was active in various European capitals, attempting to reduce alarm at Japanese military activities in [[Manchuria]].

During the [[January 28 Incident|First Shanghai Incident]] of 1932, he was successful in enlisting the aid of western nations in brokering a ceasefire between the [[National Revolutionary Army|Kuomintang Army]] and the [[Imperial Japanese Army]]. On April 29, 1932, while attending a celebration for the birthday of Emperor [[Hirohito]] in [[Shanghai]], a [[Korean independence movement|Korean independence activist]], [[Yoon Bong-Gil]], threw a bomb at a reviewing stand killing General [[Yoshinori Shirakawa]] and wounding several others, including Shigemitsu.<ref>"Jap Officers Hurt By Bomb Explosion", ''The Bismarck Tribune'', April 29, 1932, p. 1; [http://www.ussmissouri.com/Surrender/shigemitsu.htm USSMissouri.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927192452/http://www.ussmissouri.com/Surrender/shigemitsu.htm |date=September 27, 2007 }}</ref> Shigemitsu lost his right leg in the attack and walked with an [[artificial limb|artificial leg]] and cane for the rest of his life.

Shigemitsu later became ambassador to the [[Soviet Union]], and in 1938, he negotiated a settlement of the Russo-Japanese border clash at [[Battle of Lake Khasan|Changkufeng Hill]]. He then became Japan's ambassador to the [[United Kingdom]] during a period of deteriorating [[Anglo-Japanese relations]], most notably the [[Tientsin incident]] of 1939, which pushed Japan to the brink of war with the United Kingdom. He was recalled in June 1941.