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...that the Premier would remain in office until June 4, when the State celebration of Crown Prince Hirohito's wedding* (TIME, April 7) will have been held. Upon this date the Diet assembles and Kiyoura Government is expected to resign. The next Premier is likely to be Viscount Takaaki Kato†, four times Foreign Minister (1900-01, 1906, 1913, 1914-15), former Japanese Ambassador to Britain (1894-99) and leader of the Kenseikai Party, which will be the largest party in the new House of Representatives. The new Foreign Minister is likely to be either Baron Shidehara, ex-Ambassador...