Press translations [Japan]. Social Series 0208, 1946-01-30.
Date30 January, 1946
translation numbersocial-1018
call numberDS801 .S84
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SOCIAL SERIES: 208
ITEM 1 Crime - Provincial Newspaper Kahoku Shimpo (Sendai) - 25 Jan 46 Translator: S. Sakata.
Summary:
(FUKUSHIMA) Although the TOMIOKA police station is earnestly hunting up food robbers
in the FUTABA district, four "to" of rice
in seven bales were stolen out of the godown of YAMAUCHI, Katsushichi, of KITADA,
TATSUTA village and HASHIMOTO, Shin, a
landlord in the same village. The latter was also robbed of some clothes, and several
others were reported to have been
attacked by robbers during the night of 20 January. The criminals seem to be gang
with a truck, in view of the quantities of
stolen goods and other points.
(AOMORI) On last 28 December, IMOTO, Tokuki, a homeless Korean, age 48 who sent 130
bales of sweet-potatoes under a false
transporting order addressed to the Agricultural Society of HIGASHI-TSUGARU-Gun, AOMORI
Prefecture from the Agricultural
Society of OSAWA-machi, CHIBA Prefecture, for the purpose of black market dealing,
was arrested by the AOMORI police.
Intending to settle the case peaceably because the blackmarketeer is Korean, the police
authorities purchased the potatoes at
the official price from the Korean and had them sent to the Food Corporation. The
dissatisfied Korean petitioned to the AOMORI
Division Headquarters of the Allied Powers for a review of the case. In consequence,
matters came out worse for the Korean,
who was accused of a crime against the food administration law at the AOMORI Public
Procurator's Office on 22 January.
(AOMORI) FUJITA, Tetsuo (age 32), broker of 389 HASHIMOTO, URA-machi, AOMORI City
and NOZAWA, Mompachi (age 52), broker of
OKIDATE, AOMORI City are under the AOMORI police station's examination. They have
confessed that they bought 58 bales of rice
at the price of 800 to 1300 yen per bale in KITA and HIGASHI-TSUGARU-gun and sold
them to FUKUSHI, Teisaku and others in
AOMORI City at the price of 16-1700 yen per bale. As a result of their confession,
many farmers and brokers in the prefecture
are expected to be examined by the police.
(AKITA) On 18 January the TSUCHIZAKI police station found 53 bales of rice aboard
the No. 5 EIFUKUMARU, of which the captain
was TATE, Yoshimatsu (age 40) of KITAYOKO-machi, KONAKANO-cho, HACHINOE City, AOMORI
Prefecture. Investigations proved that
the captain bartered his catches for bales of rice in NIIGATA City on 6 January. Now
TATE is in AKITA Prison.
ITEM 2 Changes in Education in Niigata - Provincial Newspaper, Niigata Nippo (Niigata) - 27 Jan 46. Translator: S. Inoue.
Summary:
The Education Department in the NIIGATA Provincial Government has decided to effect
the following changes upon the educational
administration in conformity with the changes brought about by the
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termination of the war.
- 1.Enlargement of the accomodation capacity: The TOKAMACHI Middle School, the TOKAMACHI Girls' High School and the KAMO Girls' High Schools, are authorized to add a new class of 50 students to the present number of first year classes and the KAMO Agriculture and Forestry School may have four courses - agricultural, forestry, carpentry and stock-breeding.
- 2.Renovation of the school course: In the MIZUHARA Agriculture and Colonization School, the present agricultural and colonial course is renamed the agricultural course, And in the ARAI Agriculture and Engineering School, the present engineering course shall be replaced by the applied chemistry course while, in the NAOETSU Agriculture and Engineering School, the agricultural course shall be promoted from the second class to the first.
- 3.Reconversion of schools: The NIIGATA-DAINI, NAGAOKA DAINI and HOKUETSU, all of which are engineering schools, shall be reconverted to commercial schools, while all other girls' commercial schools shall be reconverted to technical schools.
ITEM 3 Itabashi Arsenal food dispute - Mainichi Shimbun. 29 Jan 46. Translator: S. Sakata.
Summary:
Mr. TOKUDA, Kyuichi of the Communist Party declared as follows, at a press conference
of the 28th, regarding the case of the
"food control by the people" in ITABASHI. (1) The present condition of this case shows
that the Government is intending to
oppress the democratic method of settlement by the Communists. (2) We say that the
authorities will make the matter more
confused by themselves. (3) Such a sudden obstructive action of the Government, who
have given tacit consent to the keepers of
"hidden goods" since the surrender, proves that the Government has condoned the concealing
of goods. (4) The hidden goods were
transferred to the members of the Life Assistance League (SEIKATSU YOGO DOMEI) by
KOBAYASHI, repatriation official, with a
signed document recording the quantity in stock. And KOBAYASHI officially promised
in the presence of the league's members and
the nubile in general that the goods would be distributed to them. (5) The agreement
was that the goods were to be distributed
at a fixed price and the money obtained to be given to the Co-Prosperous Society (KYOEIKAI).
The actual distribution was
exactly carried out not only to the league's members but also to those attending "the
meeting of the ward inhabitants", by
making us of the rice ration ticket. (6) On the next day the ward inhabitants made
up "the preparatory committee for food
control by the citizens" with the help of the Communist Party in order to adminstrate
the goods without confusion. (7) On the
next day the authorities transported the goods out of the warehouse under armed guard.
(8) As to KOBAYASHI's injury, the
mother of the perpetrator has testified that KOBAYASHI was injured by one of his subordinates
when he ordered them to transfer
some "hidden goods" from the outside to the arsenal.
ITEM 4 A Big Accident in the Odawara Express Train - Asahi Shimbun - 29 Jan 46. Translator: J. Kinoshita.
Full Translation:
The ODAWARA express train has been involved in a big crash. No. 294 train, which
left SHINJUKU for ODAWARA, developed faulty
brakes between HATANO and SHIBUZAWA and rushed without a stop
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into the side-track in TSURUMAKI station and was derailed and overturned at 1030,
28 January. Some 20 passengers were killed
and 50 seriously and 30 slightly injured. The wounded have been receiving treatment
at the KOKAKUEN Hotel and other
places.
ITEM 5 Geisha houses will reopen in 18 Tokyo districts. - Asahi Shimbun - 29 Jan 46. Translator: H. Nishihara.
Full Translation:
There will be a revival of the geisha and geisha houses in permitted districts. They
have been totally prohibited during the
past two years by the TOKYO Police Office as a result of the War Emergency Measures
taken by the Government in May 1944. Some
of them have been allowed to carry on their business to give, amusement to the public
under the name of reception houses and
service girls. But this procedure has aroused much criticism lately, so the Police
Office has decided to permit geisha, houses
and geisha in the districts in which they were permitted before the war. The Police
Office notified every police station on 28
January.
The permitted districts are nineteen in number, including MUKOJIMA, YOSHICHO, OI,
IKEBUKURO and HAKUSAN. Eighteen districts
will revive as geisha, house districts, with the exception of TACHIKAWA. All geisha
houses in these districts will be revived,
even those which were about to close down. The number of districts will not be extended
to avoid encroaching on housing areas
for the public.
ITEM 6 President of Waseda University resigns - Asahi Shimbun - 29 Jan 46. Translator: H. Nishihara.
Full Translation:
Doctor NAKANO, Tomio was appointed president of the WASEDA University in September
1944, succeeding Doctor TANAKA, Hozumi. But
Doctor NAKANO has been resting quietly for the benefit of his health since his appointment.
On 24 January, he revealed his
intention of resigning from the post to the directors' board of the University, due
to his ill health. A directors' meating on
25 January recognized the resignation formally. A new president will be elected by
mutual vote among the directors in early
February. Doctor of Economics, HAYASHI, Kimio, chief of the WASEDA library, will act
in place of the president until a new
president is elected.
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