Press translations [Japan]. Social Series 0081, 1945-12-13.
Date13 December, 1945
translation numbersocial-0309
call numberDS801 .S84
Persistent Identifier
SOCIAL SERIES: 81
ITEM 1 Laborers Union AS HI SHIMBUN 10 Dec 45. Translator: OHNO M.
Full Translation:
The TOKYO SHIBAURA Free Laborer's Union consisting of 6,000 free laborers engaged
in loading and unloading work for the 8th
Army at SHIBAUFA, held an inaugural meeting at four in the afternoon 10 December,
and presented a resolution composed of six
items, such as the practice of food supply for night working, and acknowledgment of
independent activities of the free
workers, etc., to both the TOKYO Metropolitan Office and the Metropolitan Police Office.
ITEM 2 Students consumer Union MAINICHI SHIMBUN 10 Dec 45 Translator: OHNO M
Full Translation:
A move to form a student consumer Union to meet the present food situation has appeared
among the students in TOKYO. The first
inaugural preparatory meeting of the Union will be held at 10 o'clock in the morning
of 10 December at the Federation of JAPAN
Co-operative Society headquarters in the Christian Building in KAND-Ku, NISHIKI-Machi.
Under their present plans, branches of the Union will be formed at various districts
in TOKKO, and the higher schools
colleges, and universities will have students dining rooms for the promotion of good
health among the students. Also students
dormitories managed by the students themselves will be established.
ITEM 3 Recent Conditions in VANCHURIA NIPPON SANGYO 10 Dec 45 -Translator: KINOSHITA. J
Extracts:
Mr. YOSHIDA Yoshio, a member of the, MANCHURAN Heavy Industrial Company, who has
recently returned from HARBIN, on 8 December.
The public peace has been improving since the middle of October, under the GPU and
the home guards reorganized from the
MANCHURIAN Police. The condition of our nationals in KUANTUNG CHOW and large, town,
except for some 500,000 who escaped from
the boundary areas, are considerablly better off, eagerly seeking the stabilization
of business. War victims, who are
suffering from a critical shortage of food, shelter, and clothing are being evacuated
and distributed, 250,000 to coal mining
areas, 50,000 to minor transportation and business in towns, and 140,000 to farming
villages. Economic uneasiness hinders the
smooth execution of such a plan, so that a number of there are epected to perish this
winter. Our soldiers and service men
have been disarmed by the SOVIET Armies and are engaged in labor, which is not to
severe.
SOCIAL SERIES: 81 (Continued)
ITEM 3 (Continued)
Extracts:
Banking is restricted throughout the DAIREN district, where the amount of coins in
circulation is restricted. Eleven billion
yen of deposit money in banks is being applied of momentary circulation of 100,000,000
inhabitants in KUANTUNG OHOW. Living
expenses for each individual 500 yen per month permitted until October and 300 yen
since November. Owing to the fact that no
loans have been collected in, a forthcoming stoppage of dis burseraents is epected.
The Purchasing power of the SOVIET Armies is great, and this is their victory's reward,
stimulating active transactions in
shops, restautrants and stalls. Commodities are abundant, and they import Price and
dried fish from KORTA, and a great amount
of tobacco, vegetables, and fruits from North CHINA end TSINGTAO. The Commander of
the SOVIET Pray is said to have declared
that they have no interest in industries in MANCHURLA. But they are removing sundry
equipment from factories throughout
MANCHURIA, including six blast furnaces from the SHOWA, Steel Foundry at ANSHAN and
the HOMAN Dam at KIRIN. The FUSHUN Coal
Mines and motor Kid shipping companies are now operating, and also the South MANCHURIAN
Railway Company under the management
of the assistant transport civil committee of the SOVIET.
The military administration of the SOVIET/Army is thorough, exact, and speedy. Communist
ideas appeared in labor unions among
MANCHURIANS, and strikes resulted against employers.
ITEM 4 Progress of Repatriation ASAHI-SHI BUN 10th Dec 45 Translator: NISHIHARA H.
Summary:
The First and Second Repatrication Ministries published on 9 December the total number
of repatriates, as indicated in the
following table, also included are when the repatriation probably will be completed.
Table of the Number of Repatriatesin Overseas Areas.
(Figures in parentheses show the number of men already returned to homeland)
| Army | Navy | Total | |
| South KOPEP and SAISHUTO | 171,000 | 7,000 | 178,000 |
| (169,489) | (6,910) | 176,399 | |
| North KORBA | 84,000 | 10,090 | 94,000 |
| MANCHURIA | 703,000 | 1,000 | 704,000 |
| KARAFUTO | 19,000 | 200 | 19,200 |
| CHISHIMA | 42,000 | 2,000 | 44,000 |
| North CHINA | 299,000 | 6,000 | 305,000 |
| (16,127) | (4,841) | (20,968) | |
| Middle CHINA | 674,000 | 24,000 | 698,000 |
| (716) | (716) | ||
| South CHINA (Including KAINAN-TO) | 113,000 | 21,000 | 134,000 |
| (430) | (430) | ||
| TPBPN | 192,000 | 45,000 | 237,000 |
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ITEM 4 (Continued)
Summary:
| NANSEI Islands | 41,000 | 7,000 | 48,000 |
| (2,906 | (6,792) | (9,698) | |
| FRENCH INDO-CHINA | 90,000 | 8,000 | 98,000 |
| SIAM | 116,000 | 1,000 | 117,000 |
| BURMA, SUMATRA MALAYA | 235,000 | 39,000 | 274,000 |
| JAVA-CELEBES | |||
| SUND. BORNEO | 147,000 | 65,000 | 212,000 |
| North AUSTRPLIA | (789) | (789) | |
| NEW GUINEA | 45,000 | 1,000 | 46,000 |
| PHILIPPINE Islands | 130,000 | 50,000 | 180,000 |
| (15,509) | (5,291) | (20,800) | |
| Islands in MIDDLE PACIFIC OCEQAN | 35,000 | 37,000 | 72,000 |
| (12,066 | (13,309) | (25,375) | |
| RAPAUL, SOLCHON, NEW IRELPND | 89,000 | 57,000 | 146,000 |
| OGASAWARA | 15,000 | 5,000 | 20,000 |
| (3,476) | (386,200) | 3,626,200 | |
| Total | 3,240,000 | 386,200 | 3,6267 |
| (220,362) | (41,318) | (261,680) |
Ship's schedule (a) and date when repatriation will be completed (b)
- 1.South KOREA SAISHUTU; (b) November 1945.
- 2.North KOREA, MANCHURIA, KARAFUTO, CHISHIWA (a) Ships schedules depend on agreement between RUSSIA and JAPAN; (b) 1948, if 50,000 ship tonnage is available.
- 3.CHTH. (including HAINANTO); (a) By the end of novenber four voyages will be completed, and ships will be increased after completion of repatriation from South KOREA. American LST's will take part in the service after 15 November; (b) The end of 1946, but if new ships and American LST's are not available, 1948..
- 4.NANSEI Islands;
- a.Navy ships are in service. American ships are available, (b) Early in 1946, if conditions do not change.
- 5.FRENCH INDO-CHINA, SIA, BURMA, SUMATRA, MALAYA, JAVA, CELERES, SUNDA, BORNEO, The North Part of AUSTRILIA (a) Voyages beginning in December of this year. Tonnage of 60,000 tons will be available early next year, and 30,000 tens will be aded after the PHIPLIFTNE Islands and NANSEI Islands operations ere completed. (b) The summer of 1946.
- 6.NEW GUINEA; (a) Navy ships will be put into service after evacuation of the Islands of the Middle Pacific Ocean. One navy ship is service at the present time, (b) Spring of 1947.
- 7.PHILLIPINE Islands; (a) 45 Navy ships and five merchant ships are in service. The number of AMERICAN ships in service is increasing, (b) September 1946,
- 8.The Islands in the middle PACIFIC OCEAN; (a) 37 Navy ships and four merchant ships are operating, (b) Spring or summer of 1946. - 3 -
- SOCIAL SERIES: 81 (Continued) ITEM 4 (Continued) Summary
- 9.RABAUL, SOLO, [illegible]LANDS; (a) Ships are available only after operations in the Islands of the middle PACIFIC OCEAN are finished. (b) The end of June 1947.
- 10.OGSAWARA; (a) Two Navy ships and one merchant ship ore in service, (b) The end of January 1946.
The ministries further add that four hospital ships. 40 merchant shies and 113 navy
shins are used for repatriation, and. on
average of 500 persons daily are being transported home. The schedules of ships ere
subject to change according to directives
of the Allied powers and existing circumstances, In addition to the above table, there
ore some 20,000 civilians in military
service in the Southern Areas.
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