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Japan made her official entry for the Davis Cup tennis matches of 1924, bringing the total number of challenging nations up to thirteen. The Japanese entered to play in the "American Zone," which means that in the preliminary matches they will meet both China and Australia, who have also entered in the American Zone. The team: Zenzo Shimizu, captain of the 1923 team, for many years a mainstay of Japanese tennis--he who very nearly overcame the remarkable Tilden in 1921. Masanosuke Fukuda, also of the 1923 team and known in this country. Sanao Okamoto. He is graduate of the University of Commerce (Tokyo) and for more than five years has been in India as representative of Mitsui & Co. There he has won the Bengal championship three times, the West Indian championship once. Among his victims was Louis Dean of the India Davis Cup team. He is 26, "fast as lightning and with the sinews of a Bengal tiger." Takio Harada. Last year he won the Japanese singles championship from Toba. He also defeated the veteran Ichiya Kumagae, who is growing a trifle old for the court, but was at the time of the match reported "still a wizard." Harada is coming to this country soon to complete his studies (begun at Keio University) with a postgrad course at Harvard.