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On November 26th, 1930, Japan experienced another serious earthquake, 252 people being killed, 351 injured and over 8,000 buildings were damaged. Though the shock was felt severely in Tokyo the special precautions taken in the rebuilding of the capital fully justified themselves and practically no damage was sustained in the rural districts. The total damage was estimated over twenty million yen.
FOREIGN TRADE SITUATION
The volume of foreign trade in 1928 amounted to Y. 4,168 millions (exports Y. 1,920 millions and imports Y. 2,961 millions) against Y. 4,171 millions of the previous year. In Japan's foreign trade Great Britain, U.S.A., their dependencies and China occupy the foremost position. Japan gets her raw materials such as raw cotton, jute, China grass, and other vegetable fibres, wool, gum, furs and hides, metals and metal ores chiefly from those countries, while the bulk of silk and cotton yarns and piece goods which are the foremost items of her export trade, find their market in U.S.A. and China respectively.
DIRECTORY
GOVERNMENT
Prime Minister-Yuko Hamaguchi
Minister for Foreign Affairs--Baron Kijiuro Shidehara Minister for Railways-Y. Egi
Minister for Navy-Admiral H. Takarabe
Minister for Army-General Issei Ugaki
Minister for Commerce and Industry-Magoichi Tawara
Minister for Home Affairs-Kenzo Adachi
Minister for Finance-I. Inouve
Minister for Agriculture and Forestry-Chuji Machida Minister for Communication-Matajiro Koizumi
Minister for Justice-Viscount Chifuyn Watanabe Minister for Education-I. Kohashi
Minister for Oversea's Affairs-Geuji Matsuda
PRIVY COUNCIL (Tokyo)
President-Baron Yusaburo Kuratomi Vice do. Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT (Tokyo)
Minister-Dr. 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-Hajime Motoda
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 Bassompierre (Private Teleph. Ku- dan 2904)
First Secretary Viscount Joseph Berryer (Private Teleph. 3730) Kudan
BRAZIL (EMBASSY)-2, Omote-cho, 3-chome,
Akasaka, Tokyo
Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni- potentiary-H.E. H. P. Alves de Araujo
First Secy.-C. E. de Latorre Lisbôa Second Secy.-Jacome P. de Berenguer
Cesar
Naval Attaché-Commander Augusto
P. Alves de Araújo
CHILEAN (LEGATION)-Imperial Hotel
Minister-Enrique Gallardo Nieto Counsellor-Arturo Rose-Innes