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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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