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42   Siam - Rising Sun Under King Prajadhipok




                        In addition, Baron Okura, or Mr. Okura Kishichiro, met His Majesty
                King Prajadhipok in Japan during his title as His Royal Highness Crown Prince

                Prajadhipok Sakdidet Kromkhun Sukhothai Thammaracha in 1924 A.D.


                1931 A.D.

                        •  On November 30, His Majesty King Prajadhipok and
                            Her Majesty Queen Rambai Barni visited Saranrom Park

                            to open the photograph exhibition of Japanese people.



                The relationship to the private sector


                1926 A.D.

                        •  An elementary school for Japanese children living in Bangkok
                            was opened on May 28, 1926 A.D., and became under

                            Education Ministry of Japan on September, 28 in the same
                            year as the first educational institution for Japanese people
                            in Bangkok, as a result of many Japanese people living in

                            Siam and requiring a school according to the standard by
                            Education Ministry of Japan.

                        •  On September, the second Japanese maritime company with

                            a business in Siam after the first company closed in 1908
                            A.D., Osaka Maritime Company opened the Saigon-Bangkok
                            route and coincided with the opening of an elementary

                            school for Japanese.

                1927 A.D.


                        •  In January, Mitsui Company established a branch in Bangkok
                            in 1906 A.D. and added the Japan-Bangkok route, which was
                            farther than Osaka Company’s Saigon- Bangkok route.







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