He subsequently served in the Personnel Department of the Navy Ministry, specializing in legal affairs and accounting.

In November 1934, he received command of the battleship Ise, and in 1935 became Chief of staff of the Sasebo Naval District.

[4] On 1 February 1942, an American task force raided Kwajalein, Wotje, and Maloelap in the Marshall Islands, sinking three ships, damaging eight, and destroying numerous airplanes and ground facilities.

Enterprise received only minor damage in the Japanese counterattack, and for his failure to sink the aircraft carrier with his submarines, Shimizu was reassigned in July 1942 to take command of the IJN 1st Fleet.

However, on 8 June 1943, while anchored in Kure harbor, the Japanese battleship Mutsu exploded and sank in an accident.