Tokyo, Feb. 3.
Japan has received no offeial re~ presentations from any foreign Power on the question of naval constmiction, nor are there any oficial discussions on the matter in progress between, Japan and any other nation, a spokesman of the Foreign Office said to-day.
Japan's Navy, he declared, "is for defence, and not for offensive pur-
'A. spokesman for the Navy reiterated his denial of foreign press reports that Japan is building capital ships, displacing 43,000 tons—Domei.
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