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JAPAN
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On November 26th, 1930, Japan experienced another serious earthquake, 252 people
feeing killed, 351 injured and over 8,000 buildings were damaged. Though the shock
was felt severely in Tokyo the special precautions taken in the rebuilding of the
capital fully justified themselves and practically no damage was sustained in the
rural districts. The total damage was estimated over twenty million yen.
Foreign Trade For 1934
The foreign trade of Japan proper for the year 1934 amounts to $4,454,456,000 ;
that is, ¥2,171,925,000 exports and ¥2,282,531,000 imports, the balance in favour of
imports being ¥110,606,000. Compared with 1933 this represents an increase of
¥310,879,000 (or 16.7 per cent.) in exports and ¥365,311,000 (or 19.1 per cent.) in
imports. The adverse balance also shows an increase of ¥54,432,000 (or 96.9 per Cent.)
compared with an adverse of ¥56,174,000 for the previous year.
The exports which have increased in value are : Cotton Tissues by ¥109,136,000,
Rayon Tissues by $36,102,000, Machineries and parts thereof by ¥31,920,000, Silk
Tissues by ¥13,943,000, Iron Manufactures by ¥8,380,000, Cotton Yarn by ¥7,773,000,
Rice and Paddy by ¥6,296,000, Pottery by ¥6,243,000, Aquatic products by ¥6,171,000,
Knitted Goods by ¥5,571,000 and Wood by ¥5,277,000. The largest decreases were in
Raw Silk, Wheat Flour, Coal and Refined Sugar in which the value of exports was
¥104,107,000, ¥6,503,000, ¥3,782,000 and ¥1,377,000, respectively, less than last year.
The chief changes among the cqmmodities imported were a gain of ¥126,578,000 in
Raw Cotton, ¥34,922,000 in Iron, ¥27,653,000 in Rubber, crude, ¥’25,364,000 in
Machineries and parts thereof, ¥14,136,000 in Oil, Kerosene or Petroleum and
¥10,536,000 in Coal; and decreases of ¥10,860,000 in Rice and Paddy, ¥3,635,000 in
Wheat, and ¥3,115,000 in Crude Sugar.
The trade with China and Manchukuo for the year 1934 totalled YT866,048,000 as
against Y718,318,QQ0 for the, previous year, showing a favourable balance of
¥241,108,000 as against a favourable balance of ¥151,302,000 in 1933.
DIRECTORY
IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT
Cabinet (Naikaku);
Prime Minister— Okada Keisuke
Minister of Foreign Affairs—Hirota Kohki
Minister of Hoine Affairs—Goto Fumio
Minister of Finance—Takahashi Korekiyo
Minister of War -Hayashi Senjuro
Minister of the Navy--Osumi Mineo
Minister of Justice—Rohara Tadashi
Minister of Education—Matsuda Genji
Minister of Agriculture and Forestry—Yamazaki Tatsunosuke
Minister of Commerce and Industry—Machida Chuji
Minister of Communications—Tokonami Takejiro
Minister of Railways—Uchida Shinya
Minister;of Overseas Affairs—Kodama Hideo
Chief Secretarjf Of Cabinet—Yoshida Shigeru
Privy Council (Sumitsu-in)
President—Baron Ichiki Kitokuro
Vice do. —Dr. Kiichiro Hiranuma
H. I. H. Prince Y asuhito (Chichibu-no Miya)
H. I. H. Prince Nobuhito (Takamatsu-no-Miya)
H. I. H. Prince Kotohita (Kanin-no-Miya)