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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.
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 1929 amounted to Y. 4,362 millions (exports Y. 2,149 millions and imports Y. 2,213 millions) against Y. 4,166 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-Reijiro Wakatsuki
Minister for Foreign Affairs--Baron Kijiuro Shidehara Minister for Railways-Y. Egi
Minister for Navy-Admiral K. Aho
Minister for Army-General J. Minami
Minister for Commerce and Industry-Y. Sakurauchi
Minister for Home Affairs-Kenzo Adachi
Minister for Finance-I. Inouye
Minister for Agriculture and Forestry-Chuji Machida Minister for Communications-Matajiro Koizumi Minister for Justice-Viscount Chifuyn Watanabe Minister for Education-R. Tanaka
Minister for Oversea's Affairs-S. Hara
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-Ikunosuke Fujisawa
EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS
ARGENTINE (LEGATION)-10, Minami- cho, 7-chome, Aoyama, Tokyo; Teleph (Aoyama) 4752
Envoy Extraordinary and Minis- ter Plenip.-Mario Ruiz de los Llanos
Secretary-Dr. Octavio Pinto
BELGIUM (EMBASSY)-33, Shimoniban- cho, Kojimachi-ku; Tokyo Office: Teleph. Kudan 3556
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary-H. E. Baron Al- bert de Bassompierre (Private Teleph. Kudan 2904)
First Secretary-Viscount Joseph Berruyer (Private Teleph. 3730) Kudan