Liang introduced Phan to many prominent politicians, including Ōkuma Shigenobu, a well-liked statesman who had previously served as Prime Minister of Japan for a few months in 1898.
Ōkuma, Fukushima | Ōkuma | Shigenobu Murofushi | Ōkuma Shigenobu | Okuma | Shigenobu Nakamura | Mei Shigenobu | Enuka Okuma |
He moved to Japan by himself, where he was befriended by Ōkuma Shigenobu, Futabatei Shimei, Torii Ryūzō, Katayama Sen, and others, and helped an organisation of anti-imperial Russian refugees.