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JAPAN

THE 1923 EARTHQUAKE

An appalling earthquake-probably the most disastrous in its consequences of any recorded in the history of the world-occurred in Tokyo and Yokohama and the surrounding district on September 1st, 1923, as a result of which 100,000 people were killed, 43,000 were missing and believed to be dead, and 113,000 were injured. The 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. Questioned in the Diet, Mr. Inouye said the total loss from the earthquake was between seven and ten million yen.

DIRECTORY

GOVERNMENT

Prime Minister-Viscount Wakatsuki Reijiro Minister for Foreign Affairs-Baron Shidehara Kijuro Minister for Home Affairs-Hamaguchi Yuko

Minister for Finance-Kataoka Chokuon

Minister for Army-Lieut. General Ugaki Kadzunari

Minister for Navy-Admiral Takarabe Takashi

Minister for Agriculture-Machida Chuya

Minister for Commerce-Fujisawa Ikunosuke Minister for Education-Okada Ryohei Minister for Justice-Yegi Yoku

Minister for Communications-Adachi Kenzo Minister for Railways-Viscount Inouye Kyoshiro

PRIVY COUNCIL

(Tokyo)

President-Baron Yusaburo Kuratomi Vice do. Kiichiro Hiramuma

IMPERIAL HOUSEHOLD DEPARTMENT (Tokyo)

Minister-Kitokuro Ichiki

OFFICE OF THE KEEPER OF THE PRIVY SEAL

(Tokyo)

Keeper-Count Nobuakí Makino

HOUSE OF PEERS (Tokyo)

President-Prince Iyesato Tokugawa

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

(Tokyo)

President-Yoshizo Kasuya

EMBASSIES AND LEGATIONS

ARGENTINE (LEGATION)-Imperial Hotel,

Tokyo

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenip.-Mario Ruiz de los Llanos Secretary--German Eduardo Argerich

BELGIUM (EMBASSY)-3, Sennencho, Ko- jimachi-ku, Tokyo; Teleph. Ginza 3736

Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenip.

-H.E. Albert de Bassompierre First Secy-Viscount Joseph Berryer Commercial Attaché-Raoul Grenade

BRAZIL (EMBASSY)—2, Omote-cho, 3-chome,

Akasaka, Tokyo

Ambassador Extraordinary and Pleni

potentiary H.E. A. Nascimento Feitosa (absent)

Acting Chargé d'Affaires-S. Rangel

de Castro

Second Secretary-E. Machado, jr.

CHINA (LEGATION)-Nagata-cho, 2-chome,

Kojimachiku, Tokyo

Minister & Envoy-Ouang Yong Pao

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