ISHIGURO, Baron Tadama (TOKYO), ex-Surgeon-General; b. Feb. 11, 1845, at Echigo. Chief Surgeon of Osaka Military Hospital during Kagoshima Civil War, 1877; promoted to Surgeon-Colonel, 1878; Surgeon-General, 1890; cr. Baron, 1895; resigned from army, 1896; since then has devoted himself to Bed Cross Work; represented the Red Cross Society at the international convention held in Germany, 1890; nominated Member of House of Peers, 1902. Address: Tokyo, Japan.