   was a statesman and diplomat in meiji period japan."the marquess komura; a notable career," the times (london). november 25, 1911. ==biography== komura was born to a lower-ranking samurai family in service of the obi domain in kyushuâs hyuga province (present-day nichinan, miyazaki prefecture). he attended the daigaku nankÅ (the predecessor of tokyo imperial university). in 1875, he was selected by the ministry of education as one of the first students to study abroad under a government scholarship. while at harvard university, komura shared lodgings with fellow japanese student kaneko kentarÅ. in due course, komura graduated from harvard law school in 1878. ==career of government service== in 1880, komura joined the ministry of justice and after serving as a judge of the supreme court, in 1884 transferred to the translation bureau in the ministry of foreign affairs. in 1893, komura was chargÃ© d'affaires at the japanese legation in beijing, in qing dynasty china. in this position, he conveyed to the chinese government japan's intention of dispatching troops to korea under the provisions of the treaty of tientsin to subdue the tonghak rebellion â actions which led to the first sino-japanese war.{{cite book| last = keane | first = donald | year = 2005| title = emperor of ja
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