INOUYE, Count Kaoru (TOKYO), G.C.M.G.; Elder Statesman; b. 1835. Fought with the Imperialists in war preceding Restoration; secretly visited England with Marquis Ito, 1864; after Restoration appointed Vice-Minister of Finance; despatched to Corea as Vice-Plenipotentiary to negotiate in regard to attack by Corean ships on Japanese vessel, 1876; has occupied portfolios of Home Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Finance and Agriculture and Commerce; was for short period acting Prime Minister; after Chino-Japanese war was appointed Minister to Corea and Advisor to Corean Court; created Count, 1884: created G.C.M.G. in connection with Garter Mission entrusted to Prince Arthur of Connaught, May, 1906. Address: Tokyo, Japan.