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Opotiki News, Volume III, Issue 323, 18 October 1940, Page 2

Japanese Population. It had beeircorrectly stated that, of every three children born in the world to-day, one was yellow, said Mr. A. -S. Morrisoii, in an address to the, Palmerston North Rotary Club. The Chinese had shown a tendency to migrate and there were 1f, 000,000 of them outside China. However, given peace and suitablo conditions, 'China could maintain a much larger population than it did at present. Japan had a population of more than 80,000,000 and it would probably rise to 110,000,000. It seemed that sooner or later, it would have to be recognised that Japan had a population problem, Where were these Japanese to live! lie asked.