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Baron Inchcape became a viscount. Lord Inchcape is Chairman of the Peninsula and Oriental, and the British India Steam Navigation Companies. He has considerable interests in India and is a well known banker. He is 71 years...
...Justice: Viscount Nobuaki Makina, a well-known politician and a delegate to the Paris peace conference...
Following the recent attempt on the life of Prince Regent Hirohito and the resignation of the Yamamoto Cabinet (TIME, Jan. 7), Viscount Kiego Kiyoura consented, after some hesitation, to form a new cabinet. Said he: "It is because I am a loyal subject of the Emperor of Japan that I cannot refuse to make an attempt to form a Cabinet in these most difficult times for the Empire...
...Premier: Viscount Kiego Kiyoura, aged 73, who started his career as a school teacher, accepted a Government clerkship, became successively head of several important Government departments. In 1902 he received a barony for his services in promoting the Anglo-Japanese treaty. Since 1917 he has been a Viscount and head of the Privy Council...
Foreign Affairs: Viscount Ishii, veteran statesman...