RELATIONS WITH JAPAN

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1000, 17 June 1930, Page 11

RELATIONS WITH JAPAN

TRADE COMMISSIONER ARRIVES IN N.Z. MARKET FOR EXPORTS Press Association WELLINGTON. Today. Evidence of the increasing regard for New Zealand in the world of commerce was provided by the arrival from Sydney by the Tahiti yesterday of Mr. R. Kubota, who has been appointed by the Japanese Government as its first Trade Commissioner in the Dominion. Mr. Kubota has had a noted career in the Japanese civil service and has been prominent in business circles in Japan for many years. He intends to tour New Zealand probably for the rest of the year, after which he will settle in Wellington. “My mission is to promote trade and foster the commercial relations between Japan and New Zealand.” Mr. Kubota said. He was certain, as was the great bulk of the Japanese business community, that a great opportunity existed for increasing trade between the two countries to their mutual advantage. The three Japanese delegates to the recent Pacific Kotary Conference in New Zealand, who had toured New Zealand as the accredited representatives of their Government, had been greatly impressed with the prosperity of New Zealand and with the volume of her trade. Agricultural products from New Zealand had a very high name in Japan, where her butter and cheese always had a ready sale. He said that Japan was willing to buy New Zealand s frozen meat, wool, casein, dried milk and more butter and cheese than at present and in return she hoped to be able to trade with the Dominion m silk goods, toys, general merchandise and even machinery. In order to facilitate mutual trade, the Japanese Government was anxioud that a shipping service should be provided between the two countries.