Press translations [Japan]. Social Series 0499, 1945-12-25.
Date25 December, 1945
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SOCIAL SERIES: 499
ITEM 1 Information Board to be Abolished - Nippon Sangyo Keizai - 23 Dec 45. Translator:
Y. AKALANE.
Summary:
There have been frequent discussions regarding the question of whether the Board
of Information should he dissolved. As a
result of the exchange of opinions on this question at the Cabinet meeting on 27 December,
it is likely that a conclusion has
been reached to discontinue it.
Though there are differences of opinion regarding its future structure, it is supposed
that the information services will
probably be restored to the cabinet and various related ministries.
The Information Board was first established on 13 August 1940 by enlarging the structure
of what was then the Cabinet
Information Department, this action representing the policy of the second KONOYE Cabinet,
with Mr. ITO, Jitsushi, as
president. After several changes in its organization, the president was allowed to
attend Cabinet meetings, as the spokesman
of the Government, and to participate in important deliberations on state affairs.
Simultaneously; his status was elevated and
placed on a per with three other Cabinet chiefs.
The part this organization played during the CHINA Incident and the Greater East
ASIA War is well known. Following the end of
the war, however, it was revised and made into organization seeking to promote culture
in general instead of "guidance and
control."
ITEM 2 Japanese Sentenced to two Years Imprisonment for Black Market Trade in American
Army Goods - Asahi
Shimbun - 23 Dec 45. Translator: T. OGAWA.
Summary:
INAMURA, Yahei, aged 27, an employee of the TOKYO Optical Company in OMIYA-Shi, was
arrested on the charge of making illegal
purchases of foodstuffs, soap and cigarette, amounting to 14,300 yen, from American
servicemen. He was held Friday afternoon
at the URAWA District Court, in with Captain WEARI and Lieutenant ODINGU, of the United
States Army, as witnesses. At the
trial the accused was sentenced to two years penal servitude and fined 500 pen.
ITEM 3 A Glimpse at the Directive Room of the Metropolita1 police Bureau - Tokyo Shimbun
- 23 Dec 45.
Translator: K. MINAGI.
SOCIAL SERIES: 119 (Continued)
ITEM 3 (Continued)
Summary:
It is a cold wintry night in the directive room of the fire brigade of the Metropolitan
Police Bureau. The workers in this
room have sin entirely different kind of job in fire prevention than those who work
in the other rooms of the Bureau,
conducting research work on the increasing number of crimes. The signal of the telephone
is accompanied by the blinking of a
light on the wall. The first report is in. then the second, and the third-they are
all from the watchmen in the tower.
The fire is located, the fire brigade station reports. The directives are off at
once. By accurate decision and judgment, the
proper fire control measures are relayed to 43 fire stations.
The station where the fire was first announced and those stations near at the fire
prepare their equipment. The time allowed
for preparation prior to departue is ten seconds, but poor communication facilities,
the loss of many engines in the
air-raids, and the firemen's weakness due to malnutrition tend to slow things down.
ITEM 4 Government publishes names of 128 TOKYO foundlings in endeavor to locate parents
- Asahi Shimbun -
23 Dec 45. Translator: H. NISHIHARA.
The TOHYO Metropolitan Office revealed on 22 December the names of 128 children who
lost their parents or guardians in air
raids. The children are accommodated at the War-suffering Childrens' Dormitory. They
will be taken care of by the Education
Bureau of the TOKYO office until they become mature.
Chief of the Education, TATEIAYASHI, said "The families and relatives of the children
are asked to report to the School Boy's
Welfare Section of the Education Bureau, in the CEIZAKURA National School at HIGASHIMATSUSHITA
Cho, KANDAK"
ITEM 5 Watch out for shortage in rationing of staple food - Yomiuri Hochi - 23 Dec
45. Translator:
Y.AKATANE.
Summary:
In view of the complaints raised by citizens 1ately against the short weight of rationed
rice and wheat, the Metropolitan
Police office, with the cooperation the Metropolitan Office, has been making suprise
investigations at the distribution
stations throughout its jurisdictional area several days. Up to 22 December, it was
found that cut of 1,175 families under
investigation, 425 (about 30 per cent) received short weight in their food, the shortage
aggregating 87,241 kilogram Almost
ail distribution stations, excepting those in SHINAGAWA-Ku were formed incorrect in
their weighing. In some cases, a greater
distributed than the fixed weight was made. The cases are attributed chiefly to inaccurate
scales and injustices, conscious or
unconscious, on the part of the clerks in charge.
Police authorities were very lenient this time. They repremanded the distributers
and [illegible]dered them
to makeup the shortages at once. In the future, similar surprise investigations will
be conducted by the police,
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SOCIAL SERIES 119 (Continued)
ITEM 5 (Continued)
who made the following statement in this connection: "This time lenient measures
were taken as a warning to distributors, but,
in the future, at least fortnightly investigations will he made to eradicate the injustice,
so the citizens' cooperation is
earnestly desired."
The City Provision Distribution Association is quoted as saying: "The Association
has hitherto been holding inspections on an
average of nee a week, and there were two extraordinary inspections by the headquarters
special inspectors during the year.
The causes of weight shortage are chiefly attributed to the poor scales and decrease
in weight during transportation from
distribution stations to neighborhood associations. Scales have occasionally been
examined to avoid trouble with regard to the
decrease of weight during transportation, there were many such instances found at
neighborhood associations and at homes. At
the time of delivery at distribution stations the weight had been correct. The damage
to bags and other receptacles is
responsible for that. We firmly believe there aren't any dishonest employees who practice
black market transactions with the
rationed foodstuffs because dishonest employees were dismissed after the war. Consumers
are requested to report any cases of
short weighing at once. Belated reports are apt to make our investigations impossible
as delicate circumstances are likely to
arise within two or three days, causing difficulties in supplementary distribution."
ITEM 6 Traffic between JAPAN and FORMOSA reopened - Mainichi Shimbun - 23 Dec 45.
Translator: M.
OHNO
Full Translation:
The Formosan line, which had been closed after the end of the war, was re-opened
recently for the purpose of repatriating
Formosans. Demobilized servicemen, civilians in Army or Navy services, recruted workers,
evacuees, from overseas and ordinary
residents in JAPAN will be sent to FORMOSA in that order.
The recruted workers, if combined into one group, will be given the starting date
and harbors through their loaders. But the
other Formosans desiring to return to [illegible]MOSA must apply respectively to the government offices
nearest their lining places. The ports of embarkation are URAGA, KURA, and KAGOSHIMA.
Repatriation of all Formosans is
scheduled to end by the end of next January.
ITEM 7 GHQ, discovers in SHIKOKU case of continued military training - Yomiuri-Hochi-
23 Dec 45.
Translator: C. GIL[illegible]RT.
Summary:
The 24th American Army Division in SHIKOKU, according to reports of Second Lieutenants
MILLER, POCPOKODA and [illegible]ENNETT discovered hidden arms and wodden guns for military drill of students in primary
schools in the
vicinity of MATSUYAMA. At the HOKUYO school, the children were actually at military
drill under the supervision of teachers in
uniform. The 24th Division is determined to investigate such irregularities and put
a stop to them.
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