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Viscount Aoki asks William Loeb to inform President Roosevelt that Count Masayoshi Matsukata accepts Roosevelt’s invitation to visit on Sunday, February 3.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-31
Viscount Aoki informs President Roosevelt that Count Masayoshi Matsukata is visiting on February 3.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-28
Viscount Aoki has not heard anything about Otohiko Matsukata coming down from Harvard to Washington, D.C. If Aoki does learn anything about such a visit, he will inform President Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-25
Viscount Aoki wants to send a copy of Luigi Barzini’s book, Guerra Russo-Giapponese: La Battaglia di Mukden, but has been unable to secure a new copy of Emil Krebs’s German translation of it, and so sent President Roosevelt his own used copy.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-17
Viscount Aoki thanks President Roosevelt for personally writing such a kind letter about the note exchange program between their two countries that Aoki had proposed. He recalls his time as ambassador to the United States fondly, and is gratified that Roosevelt feels he has made a positive impact on relations between America and Japan. Aoki congratulates Roosevelt on his accomplishments in office, and will watch his future career with interest.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1909-02-02
Japanese Ambassador Aoki informs Secretary of State Root that Japan will hold a national exhibition in 1912 with the primary objectives of promoting Japanese industrial development abroad and allowing the citizens of Japan to learn about industrialization in other nations.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-11-07
Ambassador Aoki appreciates the efforts of Secretary of State Root in the investigation of crimes against Japanese immigrants in San Francisco.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-06
The Police Commissioners of San Francisco have been failing to take action on business license applications of Japanese immigrants for some time, at first giving various excuses as to the delay, and then, after protests from the Japanese Consulate, denying these licenses without explanation. California law on this matter seems to be in violation of both the United States Constitution, as well as the Commercial Treaty of 1894, in which citizens of the United States and Japan are guaranteed the right to reside in and work for a living in the other country.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-07-31