The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-11-18
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ON DECEMBER 6
Commercial! Commissioners viii
Be Guests of Chamber
OF Commerce.

On or about December the mem
bers Of the party comprising the Jap
anese commercial commissioners from
Japan to the United States viii arrive
in Honolulu The chamber Of commerce
is arranging to entertain the party, and
on behalf Of the local body Consul
General Uyeno has extended TO the com
missiOners an invitation to be the
guests Of the chamber during their
brief stay in this city. A. Gartiey, OF
the chamber Of commerce, is chairman
Of the committee arranging for their
reception.
These commissioners are visiting the
United States not only as representa-
tives of the commercial bodies of Japan,
but, in ii large measure. as representing
the government Of that empire. Inc
commissioners are headed by Baron
Shibusawa. who is not unknown to the
United States, az he went to the main
land several years ago to make study
OF commercial organizations, and II IS
largely through his influence that cham
bers of commerce were organized in
Japan. As organizations there, they
are patterned some what after those of
more closely associated with the gov
eminent than similar bodies are here
and on the mainland.
The japanese commissioners are ac-
eompanied by fifteen trade experts and
by three noted educators of Japan-one
of the latter being Baron Kanda, pro-
fessor OF the Peer s School.
The following are the names and bust
ness connections of the commercial com
missioners aAd trade experts from
Japan:
Tokio.-Baron Eiichi Shibusawa, pres
ident Dai-ichi Bank; Buei Nakano, pres
ident Toxic Chamber of Commerce, pres
ident Stock Exchange, member House
of Representatives,; Heizaemon Hibiya,
president Kanegafuchi Spinning Com
pany, vice president Chamber of Com
merce; Sakutaro Satake, president To
kio Electric Lighting Company, special
member Chamber of Commerce, member
House of Representatives; Keno Iva
hara, director Mitsui Il Co.; Kaichiro
Nedzu, trustee Chamber of Commerce,
president Tobu Railway Company, mem
Der House of Representatives; Zenjuro
Horikoshi, exporter silk goods; Zunizo
koike, broker. Toxic Stock Exchange,
member Chamber Of Commerce.; Rinno-
suke Hara, engineering contractor; To
kunosuke Machida, silk thread
dealer, trustee Chamber of Commerce;
Narazo Takasuli, director Kanegafuchi
Spinning Company; Torajiro Watase,
president agricultural association; SueO
Iwaya, member Hakubunkan Publish
ing Company; Baron Naibu Kanda, pro
fessor Peer s School; Taizo Kumagai,
physician; Takaiiro Minami, professor
Tohoku University; Motosado Zumoto,
proprietor Japan Mail.
Osaka.-Miehio Dol, president Osaka
Chamber of Commerce, president Osaka
Electric Lighting Company; Tokugoro
Nakahashi, president Osaka Mercantile
Steamship Company; Bokushin OF, pres
ident Sulphuric Acid Company, member
House of Representatives ToshiS Mat
sumura, Assistant Mayor of Osaka,
special member Chamber of Commerce,
lawyer; Tamenosuke Ishibashi, member
House of Representatives, jouEnalist;
Ein0suke lwamoto, broker, Osaka Stock
Exchange; Heibei Sakaguehi, silk
weaver.
Kyoto.-Jihei Nishimura, president
Kyoto Chamber of Commerce, textile
merchant, member House of Represen
tatives; Nariyoshi Nishi-ike, secretary
Kyoto Chamber Of Commerce.
Yokohama-Kahei Otani, president
Yokohama Chamber of Commerce, ex
porter of tea; Kinsalu Soda, membe
Chamber of Commerce, banker; AkiT;
Shito, president silk conditioning
house, special member Chamber of Com
meree.
Kobe.-Kojiro Matsukata, presiden