HARA, Kei (TOKYO), Minister of Home Affairs; b. 1854 at Morioka.. Private Secretary to Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, 1890-1892; Director of Commercial Bureau, Foreign Office; Vice-Minister of Foreign Office, 1895; Minister to Corea, 1896; resigned 1897; was Chief Editor of Osaka "Mainichi"; Minister of Communications, 1900-1901; sat as M.P., 1902-1-M5; joined Saionji Ministry as Ministe" of Home Office, 1906. Addi-ess: Tokyo, Japan.