TAKAHIRA, Sir Kogoro ( TOKYO), K.C.M.G.; Minister at Washington; b. Jan., 1854, in Iwate-ken. Appointed translator in Foreign Office, 1876; Legation Secretary at Washington, 1879-1884; removed to Seoul, 1884; Consul at Shanghai, 1887-1890; Consul-Gen, at New York, 1891: Minister Resident at the Hague, 1892; Minister at Rome, 1894; transferred to Vienna; Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1899; Minister at Washington, 1900; was appointed junior Peace Plenipotentiary, 1905; cr. K.C.M.G., May, 1906. Address: Tokyo, Japan.