House of Peers
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Now, in Washington, Japan's first music maestro, whose elder brother, Prince Funimaro Konoye, heads the Japanese House of Peers, made cultural face for his country such as no Japanese had ever made before.
From Time Magazine Archive
He then entertained the House of Peers by reading what he said was a confession made by one of the killers, "a young naval officer."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Diet and House of Peers meet at present in a low, dingy frame building, which "looks like an orphan asylum," according to Japanese correspondents.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ambassador Forbes is a worthy compeer of George Washington," declared Prince Tokugawa, President of the House of Peers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The sittings of the House of Peers were henceforth held in public; but this chamber underwent another and more fundamental transformation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 8 "France" to "Francis Joseph I." by Various
