New Cabinet

Viscount Takaaki Kato, who was summoned by Prince Regent Hirohito and requested to form a Cabinet (TIME, June 16), completed his task and presented the members of his Ministry to the Regent:

Prime Minister: Viscount Takaaki Kato

Foreign Affairs: Baron Kijuro Shidehara (onetime Ambassador to Washington)

Home Affairs: Rejiro Wakatsuki

Finance: Yugo Hamaguchi

War: General Kazunari Ugaki (held same office in Kiyoura Cabinet)

Navy: Admiral Takeshi Takarabe (was Minister of Marine in the Tomasaburo Kato Cabinet)

Justice: Sennosuka Yokita

Education: Ryohei Okada

Agriculture and Commerce: Korekiyo Takahashi (ex-Premier, leader of the Seiyukai Party)

Communications: Ki Inukai (leader of the Kakushin Club Party)

Railways: Mitsugi Sengokn

The Cabinet, which is a coalition of the Opposition to Viscount Kijoura's Ministry, was said to be the strongest Japan has had in recent years. In a statement to the press, Prime Minister Kato said: "My Ministry will contribute to world peace by promoting friendly relations with all powers, in pursuance of the foreign policy hither to carried out. My Cabinet will also undertake domestic reforms in the interest of the whole nation.

"Japan will not consent to or sign any treaty which does not give her national preferential rights over all other Asiatic races. She has definitely stated that she is entitled to such recognition in view of her rise to a world power and her position as the great power of Asia."