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material damage was enormous. A very large proportion of the buildings in the capital and the chief port were reduced to dust and ashes by the earthquake and the fires which followed. The official returns gave a total of 6,962 factories destroyed, and assessed the damage at yen $380,000,000. Great progress has been made in Tokyo and Yokohama with re-construction work on the most modern lines.
DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT *
Prime Minister-Yuko Hamaguchi
Minister for Foreign Affairs--Baron Kijiuro Shidehara
Minister for Railways-Jasuku Egi
Minister for Navy-Admiral Takeshi Takarabe
Minister for Army-General Issei Ugaki
Minister for Commerce and Industry-Magoichi Tawara
Minister for Home Affairs-Kenzo Adachi
Minister for Finance-Junnosuke Inoue
Minister for Agriculture and Forestry-Chuji Machida Minister for Communication-Matajiro Koizumi Minister for Justice-Viscount Chifuyn Watanabe Minister for Education-Ryuzo Tanaka Minister for Oversea's Affairs-Geuji Matsuda
PRIVY COUNCIL (Tokyo)
President-Baron Yusaburo Kuratomi Vice do. Kiichiro Hiranuma
IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT (Tokyo)
Minister-Kitokuro Ichiki
OFFICE OF THE KEEPER OF THE PRIVY SEAL (Tokyo)
Keeper Count Nobuaki Makino
HOUSE OF PEERS (Tokyo)
President-Prince Iyesato Tokugawa
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
(Tokyo)
President-Zénbei Horikisi
EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS
ARGENTINE (LEGATION) 10, 7-chome,
Minamicho, Aoyama, Tokyo
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenip.-Mario Ruiz de los Llanos Secretary--Dr. Octavio Pinto
BELGIUM (EMBASSY)-33, Shimonibancho, Kojimachi-ku; Tokyo Office: Teleph. Kudan 3556
Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- potentiary-H.E. Baron Albert de Rassompierre (Private Teleph. Ku- dan 2904)
First Secretary Viscount Joseph
Berryer (Private Teleph. 3930)
BRAZIL (EMBASSY)-2, Omote-cho, 3-chome,
Akasaka, Tokyo
Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- potentiary-H.E. Alves de Araujo First Secy.-C. E. de Latorre Lisboa Naval Attaché-Commander C. A. G.
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CHILEAN (LEGATION)-2, Hiroocho, Azabu-
ku, Tokyo
Minister-Enrique Gallardo Nieto Counsellor Santiago Ossa
Militar Attaché-Lte.-Colonel Arturo
Espinosa
As these pages go to press a general election is impending (February 1930) which may result in Cabinet changes.