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WHO'S WHO IN THE FAR EAST (JUNE) 1906-7.

KAMIMURA, Vice-Admiral Hikonojo

(TOKYO),

Commander-in-Chief,

Yokosuka Station; b. at Satsuma,

May 5, 1830. Was Captain of

cruiser "Akitsushima" in Chino-

Japanese War, 1894-1895; Captain of battleship, "Asahi," 1899; pro- moted Vice-Admiral, 1903; visited Australia with a training squadron in 1903; on outbreak of Russo- Japanese War was appointed Com- inander-in-Chief of 2nd Japanese Squadron, and sank the "Rurik," and seriously damaged the “Gro- moboi" and the "Rossia," in the

encounter off the eastern coast of Corea, Aug. 14, 1904; and later forced the "Novik" aground on Saghalien; appointed to present post, 1906. Address: Tokyo, Japan.

KANAI, Noburu (TOKYO), LL.D.;

Professor of Tokyo University; b.

1885. Educ.: Germany, 1886-1890. Councillor of Financial Depart- ment, 1892-1898 ; has occupied present position since 1891. dress: Tokyo, Japan.

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KANEKO, Baron Kentaro (Tokyo),

LL.D.; Member of the Privy Coun- cil; b. Fukuoka, Feb., 1853. Educ.:

Harvard University, U.S. Appoint- ed Private Secretary to Marquis Ito when he was Prime Minister,

• 1885-1888, and when he was Pre- sident of Privy Council, 1838-90; Chief Secretary of House of Peers, 1890; Vice-Minister of Agriculture

and Commerce, 1891-96; cr. Baron, 1895; Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, April-June, 1898; Minis- ter of Justice, Oct., 1900, to May, 1901; on outbreak of war with

Russia, was sent to U.S.A. as

Japanese emissary; was granted LL.D. by Harvard University, and is President of "America's Fri-

ends" Society, composed of men who have been to America. Ad- dress: Tokyo, Japan.

KAN-IN, Prince (Tokyo), General; b. Sept. 22, 1865; m. Princess Chiyeko, Dec. 19, 1891. Educ. Japan and France. Appointed sub-Lieutenant of Cavalry in Japan, 1887; during Russo-Japanese war had supreme command of Cavalry Brigade at- tached to Marshal Oyama's army, with rank of Lieut.-General. Ad- dress: Tokyo, Japan.

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KANO, Jigoro (Tokyo), President of Tokyo Higher Normal School; b. Hyogo, Oct., 1860. Director and Professor of Peer's School, 1885; Director of Special Education Bureau, 1898; has held present situation since 1901; is a master of the art of "Jujitsu." Address: Tokyo, Japan.

KATAYAMA, Kuniyoshi (TOKYO), Dr. of Medicine; b. Shizuoka-ken, July, 1855. Educ.: Austria and Germany, 1884-1888. Has been Professor of Tokyo University since 1888; is Vice-Chairman of "Dojinkai," a medical association for befriending China and Corea. Address: Tokyo,

Japan.

KATO, Baron Hiroyuki (TOKYO), LL.D., Member of House of Peers;

b. Tajima, June, 1836. Until 1893 was President of Tokyo Imperial University; occupied present posi- tion since 1890; one of the pioneer