Everything tagged: Japan

• His father (山口安郎) formerly served as a Sergeant Major in the Intelligence Unit of the Japanese Army Infantry and worked in the China region. After retirement, he engaged in import and export business in China. Yamaguchi Getsuro later inherited his father's business in China, and then came to Hong Kong in 1940.
• In August 1940, Yamaguchi was detained by the Hong Kong government for allegedly violating the defense and security measures of the Crown Colony. Under strong protests from Japanese diplomatic officials, he was released in October 1940.

• 牧村慶治( Keiji Makimura )原籍大阪市東區南本町明治三十八年三月生 (1905). (1)
• From September 1943 (昭和18年9月), Makimura was a Japanese diplomat who served as the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for Japanese-occupied Hong Kong.
• On August 29th, 1945 , he was dispatched as a special envoy by  Chief of Staff, Major General Fukuchi to deliver a message to Rear Admiral Harcourt.

• 1945.4 – 1945 .9 Chief of Staff  to the Governor-General of Japanese-occupied Hong Kong
• As the Governor of Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, Lieutenant General Tanaka was stationed in Guangzhou (1) , Chief of Staff, Major General Fukuchi had been appointed as the Chairman of the Hong Kong Armistice Negotiation Committee (香港停戦交渉委員長) , who led the Japanese delegation in discussions with the British on 3 Sep 1945 to arrange the full evacuation of Hong Kong.

Her wedding was reported on 

Her entry in the 1942 list of civilian internees:

Mentioned in the 1942 list of Civilian Internees:

The Deacons Archive at HKU has an entry showing  that her husband was in the HKVDC, and was killed in action:

Served at RAF Kai Tak as Leading Aircraftman (LAC) from October 1938. Captured on 25 December 1941 and later sent to Sham Shui Po POW Camp. Sailed on the MV Tatuta Maru for Japan in January 1943 and subsequently died in camp. 

A photo and article on George Brass appeared in "Gau Lung", official magazine of RAF Kai Tak in March 1969 and can be read here

Philip notes that Gray was "RNVR, Flag Lt to Commodore Collinson. He had worked before the war as an Accountant in Shanghai."

The earliest mention of him I've found in Hong Kong so far is his appointment to be an acting sub-lieutenant in the Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force, effective 20th December, 1939. (See item 31 in the Government Gazette for 12th Jan 1940.)

Lived in Taipo 1941 to 1942 . Hong Kong Uni student. Son of Stanley and Vera Kerr. Japanese speaker