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Shigeru Oda

Japanese jurist
Person human Q432850

Facts

24 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[28]
Date of birth
October 22, 1924
Date of death
September 4, 2025
Place of birth
Sapporo
Place of death
Tokyo
Country of citizenship
Japan[10]
Occupation
legal scholar, lawyer, judge, jurist, university teacher
Employer
Tohoku University, International Court of Justice[18][19]
Field of work
law of the sea, international law, law, naval law[12][13][14][15]
Position held
Vice President of the International Court of Justice, Judge of the International Court of Justice[16][17]
Educated at
Tokyo Imperial University, Yale Law School[20][21]
Award received
Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Order of Culture[24][25]
Cause of death
senility[29]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Japanese, Chinese, English[33][34][35]
Family name
Oda[30]
Given name
Shigeru[31]
Japanese court rank
Junior Third Rank[38]
Manner of death
natural causes[32]
Member of
Institut de Droit International, Japan Academy[26][27]
Name in kana
おだ しげる[37]
Name in native language
小田 滋[36]
Native language
Japanese[11]
Student
Chiyuki Mizukami, Takane Sugihara[22][23]
🏷️ Also known as
en Shigeru Oda ar شيغه-رو أودا cs Shigeru Oda cs Šigeru Oda de Oda Shigeru ja 小田滋 ko 오다 시게루 ru Ода, Сигэру ru Сигэру Ода zh 小田兹,
🔖 Identifiers · 32
ISNI
0000000120256968
VIAF cluster ID
51729533
Library of Congress authority ID
n80097660
GND ID
119154870
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Shigeru Oda cropped Shigeru Oda 19941212.jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12164546h
CONOR.SI ID
158676579
CiNii Research ID
1140563741641924736
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119154870
FAST ID
58507
Freebase ID
/m/08r79h
HKCAN ID
9811112665403406
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IdRef ID
030175232
Libraries Australia ID
35395037
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00188389
NDL Authority ID
00057392
NL CR AUT ID
jx20110401012
NLA Trove people ID
937563
NUKAT ID
n99034529
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007447149705171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC199631708
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810608698105606
National Virtual Library of India ID
390546
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
075220253
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100245414
Parsifal cluster ID
753015
Prabook ID
202793
SHARE Catalogue author ID
248656
Scopus author ID
57151930200
WikiTree person ID
小田-29
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJj4wDcx6kMRTtfvXHgdwC
Yale LUX ID
person/3d46509c-b4df-4022-9a64-840701ea36fc

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
lawyer, judge, jurist, university teacher, legal scholar
Field of work 3
law, international law, law of the sea
Languages spoken, written or signed 3
English, Japanese, Chinese
Employer 2
International Court of Justice, Tohoku University
Member of 2
Institut de Droit International, Japan Academy
Award received 1
Order of Culture
Cause of death 1
senility
Country of citizenship 1
Japan
Educated at 1
Yale Law School
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Native language 1
Japanese
Place of birth 1
Sapporo
Place of death 1
Tokyo
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Shigeru Oda was born on October 22, 1924[1], in Sapporo[2]. He died on September 4, 2025[3], in Tokyo[4]. He worked as a legal scholar[5], lawyer[6], judge[7], jurist[8], and university teacher[9].

FAQs

Where was Shigeru Oda born?

Shigeru Oda was born in Sapporo[2].

Where did Shigeru Oda die?

Shigeru Oda died in Tokyo[4].

What did Shigeru Oda do for work?

Shigeru Oda worked as a legal scholar[5], lawyer[6], judge[7], jurist[8], and university teacher[9].

Where did Shigeru Oda go to school?

Shigeru Oda was educated at Tokyo Imperial University[20] and Yale Law School[21].

What awards did Shigeru Oda receive?

Honors received include Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure[24] and Order of Culture[25].

Related Entities

international law Japan law lawyer

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . kahoku.news. kahoku.news. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [16] ↑ . icj-cij.org. icj-cij.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [17] ↑ . icj-cij.org. icj-cij.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . japan-acad.go.jp. Retrieved . japan-acad.go.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [29] ↑ . kahoku.news. kahoku.news. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [3] ↑ . mainichi.jp. Retrieved . mainichi.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [32] ↑ . kahoku.news. kahoku.news. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [33] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [35] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
  36. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Immanuelle · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Student → Chiyuki Mizukami, Takane Sugihara
    Place of death → Tokyo
    Languages spoken, written or signed → Japanese, Chinese, English
    Position held → Vice President of the International Court of Justice, Judge of the International Court of Justice
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