Tokyo, Mar. 13.
Japan will' send an economic mission to Italy in April, Mr. Yakichiro Suma, director of the Bureau of Information of the Foreign Office, an: nounced here today. The object of the party will be to promote Italian-Japanese friendship and to return the visits to Japan by Italian missions headed by Marquis Giacomo Paulicci and Dr. Ettore Conti, Mr. Naotake Sato, former Foreign Minister, and Mr. Masaaki Hotta, former Japanese Ambassador to Italy, were mentioned today as the able leaders of the Japanese mission.
The definite m of the Mission, as well as its itinerary, were Tsuyoshi Inoue, a sectional chief of the Bureau of Commerce of the Foreign Office, and several prominent business men, would be included Domei. min
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