# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shigeharu-matsumoto
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:43:29.495Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shigeharu-matsumoto"
name: "Shigeharu Matsumoto"
slug: "shigeharu-matsumoto"
description: "Shigeharu Matsumoto  was an internationalist. He was founder of the International House of Japan and a pioneer in building constructive relations between Japanese and others through shared knowledge of their diverse histories, needs and national aspirations. He was an influential journalist and an active participant in the internationalization of Japan in the latter part of the twentieth century. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1980."
tagline: "Japanese journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ShigeharuMATSUMOTO3.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1899-10-02"
deathDate: "1989-01-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.9
  momentum:             4.08284023668639
  historical:           4.8288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "شيجيهارو ماتسوموتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matsumoto_Shigeharu"
    title: "Matsumoto Shigeharu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeharu_Matsumoto"
    title: "Shigeharu Matsumoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E6%9C%AC%E9%87%8D%E6%B2%BB"
    title: "松本重治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E6%9C%AC%E9%87%8D%E6%B2%BB"
    title: "松本重治"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11531333"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump