Tokyo, Feb, 20.
Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako left here yesterday morning for the Imperial villa at Hayama, where the monarch will recuperate from his recent indisposition.!Porei, Tokyo, Feb, 20.
A message of felicitations to Herr Joachim von Ribbentrop on his appointment as Foreign Minister will be sent to Wilhelmstrasse on February 28 by members of the Japan-Italy-Germany Amity Society, following a banquet in honour of the new minister—Domei.
Tokyo, Feb, 20.
Cable charges on Japanese messages to and from Shanghai will be drastically slashed on March 1, oficials of the Ministry of Communications announced yesterday. The word rate on messages to Shanghai will be lowered from 5 to 3.7 sen, while the rate on cablegrams will be reduced from 8.5 sen to 3.7,—Domel, 1
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