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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 696 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KATO , TAKA-AKIRA (1859- ), See also:

Japanese statesman, was See also:born at See also:Nagoya, and commenced See also:life as an employee in the See also:great See also:firm of Mitsu Bishi. In 1887 he became private secretary to See also:Count See also:Okuma,. See also:minister of See also:state for See also:foreign affairs. Subsequently he served as director of a See also:bureau in the See also:finance See also:department, and from 1894 to 1899 he represented his See also:country at the See also:court of St See also:James. He received the See also:portfolio of foreign affairs in the See also:fourth See also:Ito See also:cabinet (1900-1901), which remained in See also:office only a few months. Appointed again to the same position in the Saionji cabinet (1906), he resigned after a brief See also:interval, being opposed to the nationalization of the private See also:railways, which measure the cabinet approved. He then remained without office until 1908, when he again accepted the See also:post of See also:ambassador in See also:London. He was decorated with the See also:grand See also:cross of St See also:Michael and St See also:George, and earned the reputation of being one of the strongest men among the junior statesmen.

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