Press translations [Japan]. Economic Series 0219, 1946-01-27.

Full Translations:

The officials of the Ministry of Finance affected by SCAP's purge-directive are Vice-Minister YAMAGIWA, Chief of the Monopoly Bureau UEKI, Chief of the Finance Bureau KUBO, and the Chief of the Accountants' Bureau NAKAMURA, Minister of Finance SHIBUZAWA will appoint as vice-Minister YAMADA, Yoshimi, the chief of the OSAKA Finance Bureau. His appointment will be effective on 26 January 1946.

The appointments of Chief of the Monopoly Bureau, chief of the Finance Bureau, and the Chief of the Accountants' Bureau will be made soon. The posts will he filled by someone from the Bank of JAPAN.

Summary:

The KOBE SHIMBUN invited representatives of the JAPAN Social-Democratic Party, and others to its Eastern HARIMA Bureau where there was held a round table discussion concerning the organization movement of the JAPAN Farmers' Union around that District. The discussion revealed the following interesting facts:

The organization movement of farmers! union is generally slow everywhere in JAPAN, especially so in HYOGO-Ken. Nevertheless, among the prefectures, the eastern HARIMA area, is the most progressive. The organization movement develops through the farmers' councils (NOMIN KAIGI). It is done, however, through the timely management of some problem of unique interest to potential future members, and not through formal opening procedures. For instance, before the militarist rule, the problem of the reduction of farm rent was chosen as one of such problems of interest. This time the popular subject seems to be the problem of the confiscation of tenants land by landlords in order to minimize the application of the land reform law.

In any case, the future of the organization rests upon the intensity of such latent forces as may be utilized by organizers at some opportune time. As to political affiliation, the farmers' unions have no expressed desire to affiliate with any established political party, but will satisfy themselves by acting as a simple constituent member of the popular front.

ECONOMIC SERIES: 219 (Continued)

Summary:

According to a Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry report, the total purchases of rice throughout the country from 21 to 31 January totalled 9,071,100.2 koku, and purchases during the ten days from 11 to 20 January were 1,613,194 koku. This is only 34.1 per cent of the allotment of 26,561,000 koku, and this percentage is roughly one half of last year's 66 per cent.

Among the ten day reports of rice deliveries since the present rice crop year (BEIKOKU NENDO) began, the maximum was the delivery for the first ten days of January, which amounted to 2,450,000 koku.

Although it was during the best season for shipping, delivery during the middle ten days in January was the same as above, and it looks as if the farmers' willingness to deliver is decreasing. As one of the reasons for this, we cannot overlook the fact that such recent movements as "management by the people" (JIMMIN KANRI) are being misunderstood by the farmers.

Supply and demand of the six large cities is illustrated as follows:

Purchase in each ken was as follows:

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ECONOMIC SERIES: 219 (Continued)

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(Notes)

with regard to KAGAWA-Ken amount purchased by 19 January is put in this table because a later report has not yet been received.

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