Shigeki Mori

1937

Shigeki Mori (森 茂喜, Mori Shigeki) (27 March 1910 – 19 November 1989) was a Japanese businessman and politician, mayor of Neagari, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan,[1] father of a former Japanese prime minister Yoshirō Mori.

During his term, he developed a relationship with the Siberian town of Shelekhov, particularly a bilateral dialogue to improve the gravesites of Soviet soldiers in Japan and Japanese soldiers in Siberia; he was so close to Russia that Japanese authorities monitored him closely as a potential communist sympathizer. He visited Shelekhov more than 15 times during his 35 years in office, and part of his ashes were buried there following his death.[2][3][4]

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  1. ^ "Event Files"[permanent dead link], a President of Russia webpage
  2. ^ Reitman, Valerie (28 April 2000). "Personal Element to Japan Premier's Russia Trip". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
  3. ^ Ёсиро Мори побывал на могиле отца Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ The Monument of Friendship between Russia and Japan Archived 2010-03-24 at the Wayback Machine