Tokyo. Dec. 1.
Lieut-General Masaaki Honda was appointed Assistant Chief of Staff of he Japanese Expeditionary Forces to China, the Ministry of War announced today.
ident-General Honda distinguished msi at the Mongolian and Shansi its and was rewarded with a letter et appreciation. He commanded a detachment.
Lieut-Genera] Mitsune Ushijima was named Commander of the Formosan Army. He returned to Japan recently after distinguishing himself in Japanese operations in North China. He was in the same Military Academy class as /Lieut.- General Seishiro Itagaki, Chief of taft of the Japanese Expeditionary rortes to China, and Lieut.-General Biken! Ando, Commander of the Gepanese Expeditionary Forces to South China.
Other changes announced by the Ministry included:
Lieut-Colonel Shuitsu Matsumura was named Chief of the Army Press Bureau of the Imperial General Headquarters.
Maj-General Saburo Isoda was appointed Military Attache to the Japanese Embassy in the United States.
Colonel Kiyotomi Okamoto was named Military Attache to the Japanese Embassy in Germany.
Colonel Shikao Fujizuka was appointed Military Attache to the Japanese Legation in Rumania, Colonel Eiichi Tatsumi to the same post in the Japanese Embassy in Great Britain, and Colonel Moriakira Shimizu was named Military Attache to the Japanese Embassy in Italy.—Domei.
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