OVER-POPULATION IN JAPAN.
A WORLD PROBLEM.
DISCUSSION AT HONOLULU CONFERENCE.
(bi cable— press association— copybight). (AUSTBALIAN AND N.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATION.; (Received July 36th, 8.20 p.m.) HONOLULU, July 24. Dr. Elliot Mears, Professor of International Trade at the Stanford University, addressed the Institute of Pacific Relations. , He said Japan's problem of overpopulation was international in scope, and urged aid in solving her problems. A strong nation was the best customer. He said one solution was to help Japan increase her trade by lowering the American tariff, thus stimulating industry in Japan ana increasing employment. . Dr. Shiroshi Nasu, of the Tokio Imperial University, said that Japan had reached the saturation point in her population and that unemployment was chronic. He suggested _as remedies birth control, reorganisation of, the economic system, and the expansion of 'an economic system of emigration.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19062, 26 July 1927, Page 9
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