Basil Hall
Lafcadio Hearn stayed in the Kobe foreign settlement from 1894 to 1896. He found employment at the Kobe Chronicle newspaper through an introduction by Basil Hall Chamberlain, and for four months published critical essays in its editorial section. It was in Kobe that Hearn made his decision to become a naturalized Japanese. In 1896, Hearn left Kobe to become a professor at the University of Tokyo.