JAPAN’S PROBLEM

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 211, 19 August 1933, Page 7

JAPAN’S PROBLEM

INCREASING POPULATION UNEMPLOYMENT QUESTION. DANGER OF SOCIAL UNREST. (By Telegraph—Press Asen.—Copyright.) (Received 19, 11.40 a.m.) BANFF (Alberta), Aug. 18. According to information, presented to-day to the Institute of Pacific Kelations in a paper by Professor Teijiro Uyeda, of the Tokio University ot Commerce, Japan’s population problem cannot be solved by a decrease in the birth rate or by birth control. “Merely taking into consideration the constitution of the present population of Japan,” Prolessor UyeUa declared, “the groups constituting the working population will expand lapiclly during the next 20 years. The number of the working population in 1950 will be larger than that of 1930 by 10,000,000. Additional employment must be provided for at least half the number ot this increase, or 200,000 persons every year. “The gravity of the problem facing Japan and the world after the next 20 years can hardly be over-estimated. The social unrest which has come to play such an important role in Japan is mainly due to this disparity between population and gainful employment.” CROWING TEXTILE EXPORTS. SECURING NEW MARKETS. BANFF (Alberta), Aug. 18. At the meeting of the Institute of Pacific Relations, a paper presented by the British delegation representing the Royal Institute of International Affairs stated: “Exports of Japan’s textile industry are increasing rapidly at the expense of England. Japan at this stage is more interested in securing a firm hold on new markets than on the markets she controls at present. In Lancashire, on the other hand, the manufacturers’ attitude to trade is inseparable from consideration of costs and profits. Furthermore, the Japanese Government is more willing to give aid tp the textile industry because of its importance in Japan’s international balance of trade.” JAPAN'S WOOL NEEDS. A'THREAT TO AUSTRALIA. (Received 19, 10.40 a.m.) TOKIO, Aug. 18. In consequence of the British Empire’s anti-Japanese trading movements, Japanese industrialists are conferring with the Government requesting shipping subsidies facilitating the importation of South American wool, instead of Australian.