HIGASHIKUZE, Count (TOKYO), Vice-President, Privy Council; b. Kyoto, Nov., 1833. Given important posts on advent of Imperial Government, as Chief Official of Hokkaido Colonization i Board, etc; created Coiwit, 1887; Vice-President of House of Peers, 1890-1891; has occupied present post since 1891. Address: Tokyo, Japan.