KATO, Taka-akira (TOKYO), G.C.M.G., Proprietor of "Nichi Nichi" Newspaper; b. at Nagoya, Jan., 1857. Educ.: Tokyo University. Was Private Secretary to Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1888; transferred to Banking Bureau, Taxation Bureau, etc., f Finance Office; Minister at London, 1894-1899; Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1900-1901; elected M.P., Aug., 1902 and March, 1903; Proprietor of "Nichi Nichi" since 1904; Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Saionji Cabinet from Jan. to March, 1906. Address: Tokyo, Japan.