Kiuchi Jūshirō

He was educated at Chiba Middle School and Chiba First High School,[citation needed] and later graduated from Imperial Tokyo University's Department of Political Science.

[1] In 1906, while serving as a Japanese representative in Korea, Kiuchi made a bet with Durham Stevens, an American advisor to the Korean government, about the length of time before Japan would annex Korea.

[2] In January 1909, Kiuchi was one of a number of politicians who brought pressure to bear against Itō Hirobumi and his allegedly soft policies towards Korea, urging that Japan should exercise direct rule there; it was suggested that Kiuchi took this position due to his dissatisfaction with being shifted from Vice-Minister of Home Affairs to Vice-Minister of Agriculture.

[3] He later served as a member of the House of Peers and then from 1916–1918 as governor of Kyoto Prefecture.

[1] Kiuchi's former residence, located in Ichikawa, Chiba, was maintained as a historical building and tourist attraction for some years, but was being considered for dismantling as of 2001[update].