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JAPAN

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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