scholars of Western learning, and has aided materially in introducing Western Civilization to Japan; created Baron, 1900. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
KATO, Masayoshi (TOKYO), Vice-President of Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japan Mail Steamship Co.); b. Feb., 1854. Was, for a considerable period, a clerk in the Hyogo Local Office; resigned to enter Nippon Ynsen Kaisha; elected Director of the Company, 1889; Managing Director, 1893. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
KATO, Masuo (TOKYO), ex-Adviser to the Corean Government; b. Nov., 1854, in Mie-Ken. Clerk in the Foreign Office, 1877; Chancellor of the Legation at Hague; Councillor of Foreign Office, 1891; (Jousul at Fusan, 1894; removed to Seoul as Secretary of Legation and ultimately became Minister; appointed adviser of Corean Government, 1899. A ddress: Tokyo, Japan.
KATO, Taka-akira (TOKYO), G.C.M.G., Proprietor of "Nichi Nichi" Newspaper; b. at Nagoya, Jan., 1857. Educ.: Tokyo University. Was Private Secretary to Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1888; transferred to Banking Bureau, Taxation Bureau, etc., f Finance Office; Minister at London, 1894-1899; Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1900-1901; elected M.P., Aug., 1902 and March, 1903; Proprietor of "Nichi Nichi" since 1904; Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Saionji Cabinet from Jan. to March, 1906. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
KATO, Tsunetada (TOKYO), Minister at Brussels; b. at Matsuyama. 1859. Attach^ at Paris, 1886; Secretary at the Foreign Office, 1891; transferred as Secretary, to the Legation at Paris, 1892-97; recalled home and appointed Private Secretary; Minister Resident three years later; Minister to Belgium, 1902. Address: Japanese Legation, Brussels, Beligium; Tokyo, Japan.
KATSURA, General Count Taro (TOKYO), ex-Prime Minister; b. Nov., 1847, at Choshu. Educ.: in Germany. Fought in Restoration War as Imperialist Vice-Minister of War, 1886-1891; Commander of the famous Nagoya Army Division during Chino-Japanese War, 1894-1895; Governor-General of Formosa,. 1896; Minister for War, 1898 to 1900; Prime Minister from June, 1901, to Jan., 19C6; created Count, 1902, on occasion of signing of Anglo-Japanese Treaty; resigned Prime Ministership, Jan., 1906. Decorations: 3rd Order of Golden Kite. Address: Tokyo, Japan.
KAUZAKI, Naozo (TOKYO), Manager and Editor, "British Trade Journal' (Japanese Edition); b. Oct. 9, 1861; m. May, 1883. Educ.: Imperial University, Tokyo. Imperial Japanese Commissioner to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904; Secretary, House of Peers under Baron Kentaro Kaueko, Chief Secretary (now Privy Councillor), Professor of English, Waseda University. Decoration: 6th Order of
