Tokyo, Aug. 22.
Mr. Kensuke Horinouchi, Japanese Ambassador in Washington, will be among the forty odd ambassadors, ministers and consular officials abroad to be recalled by the Gaimusho in a vast reshuffle being carried out by Mr, Yosuke Matsuoka, the new Foreign Minister, concurrently Minister for Qverseas Affairs in the Konoye Cabinet.
Setting a precedent in the magnitude of the move, the recall of these diplomatic representatives will be simultaneous, and the appointments to their places will be made later in the near future, probably a week.
Changes announced today affect Mr. Horinouchi in Washington, Mr. Toshihiko Taketomi, Ambassador in Ankara; Mr. Masaaki Hotta, Minister-at-Large in China; Mr. Kazue Kuwashima, Ambassador to Brazil; Mr. Renzo Sawada, Ambassador to France, and the 15 Ministers for Japan to Mexico, Spain, Canada, Iran, Union of South Africa, Afghanistan, Peru, Hungary, Argentine, Finland, Rumania, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Latvr, Egypt, Panama, Bulgaria and rag.
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