Tokyo, Sept. 5.
Admiral Koshiro Oikawa, Commander-in-Chief of the Yokosuka Naval Base and former Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese China Seas Fleet, will be formally installed as the new Navy Minister, in succession to Vice-Admiral Zengo Yoshida, in a ceremony to be held at the Imperial Palace this afternoon.
Admiral Oikawa, who was recommended by the Navy Ministry as the successor of Vice-Admiral Yoshida, who resigned yesterday because of illness, was summoned by the Premier, Prince Fumimaro Konoye, to his oficial residence this morning.
The Premier offered to Admiral the Navy portfolio and the accepted the offer. At 2 o'clock this afternoon the Premier proceeded to the Imperial Palace and recommended Admiral Oikawa to the Throne as the new Navy Min Domei.
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