Press - Post-War

News excerpts from the Economic News issued by Tokyo News Service, Ltd. Headlines include: 53% Rice Delivery Completed, Sweet Potatoes 67% So Far; Etorofu and Ishikari, Freighters, Launched in Nagasaki Dockyard; Weekly Economic Statistics; Iwate Also Completes Rice Delivery; Trade Figures for Next Year Given by ESB Trade Bureau Director; Distributed and Blackmarket Foodstuffs Obtained by Tokyo Citizens During Past 1 Yr.; Fish Arrivals Into Capital Continue Steady, Vegetables Slow; Delivery Allocations for Vegetables Announced by Agriculture Ministry; Business on Ginza Slowly Picking Up, Street Stalls Hard Hit, Many Closing; Anthracite Coal Discovered in Saga Prefecture, Near Arita; Fresh Food Control Violations in Six Days as Many as in a Year; Shimizu Port to Install Refrigerating Facilities

News excerpts from the Tokyo News (focused on Economic Issues) issued by Tokyo News Service, Ltd. Headlines include: Prices Jump Up 3 Times Former Level in One Year, Statistics Published; Miike Coal Mine Has Highest Record, 8,500 Tons Dug Up on Jan. 8 This Year; First Whale Ship Returns with 440 Tons of Meat; Police Raid on Blackmarket Tobacco Dealers, Large Quantity Seized; Poor Tobacco Sales Worry Officials of Monopoly Bureau Who Are Considering Lowering Prices, Lottery Tickets, Etc.; 40-Yr. Camphor Afforestation Plan Devised, 10,000 T. of Products Goal; Private Railways Also to Post Traffic Rates Soon; Maritime Freight Rates to be Raised from March 1 Also; System of Registered Dealers in Fiber Goods Debated, Majority of Dealers Status Quo; Art and Business Clash in Toho Shows, Ltd. Plans; The Future of the Fiber Industry

News excerpts from the Tokyo News (focused on Economic Issues) issued by Tokyo News Service, Ltd. Headlines include: RF Bank Capital May be Increased by ¥30 Billion; Only 20% of Citizen Taxes Paid so Far, Tokyo Metropolitan Officials Explain; 1.2 Million Bales of Charcoal, 3.6 Million Bundles of Firewood Awaiting Shipment in Iwate; Leaf Tobacco Output Lower than Goal, Hoarded Leaves Seized; Introducing Economic Journals of Japan; Agriculture Ministry Explains Why Vegetable Distribution Poor; Who's Who of Business Corporations

News excerpts from the Tokyo News (focused on Economic Issues) issued by Tokyo News Service, Ltd. Headlines include: Fish Arrivals Drop, While Flow of Vegetable Improve in Tokyo; Rayon Output for 1947 is Record Since Japan's Surrender, 16,304,320 Lb.; Note Issue Continues to Shrink Since New Year's Day; Walnuts, Bitter Orange, Noritake China for Export to USA & Other Countries; Plans to Save 7,000 Plants in Osaka Worked Out by Efficiency Institute; State Finances in Tight Spot Owing to Tax Payment Arrears; Reconstruction of World Economy and Japan

News excerpts from the Tokyo News (focused on Economic Issues) issued by Tokyo News Service, Ltd. Headlines include: Hokkaido's Coal Output for December is Highest Since Japan's Surrender; Railway Traffic Rate Increase Unavoidable, Says Transport Minister; December Coal Output of Kyushu is 103% of Goal Set, Early Report Says; Fish & Vegetables Arrive in Tokyo in Good Quantities Yesterday; Farm Panic Inevitable Says Agriculture Minister Government Asking for Import of 1,900,000 Tons of Food; 3 Ships on Tokyo-Otaru Run to Make Up for Railway Deficiency; Adjustment of Financial Institutions to be Concluded by March 31 This Year; Bills Cleared in 1947 in Tokyo Was ¥322,801 Million; Note Issue Advances Drop At Year-End As Withdrawals and Collections Secured; Fuel Distribution for Big Cities: Promises, Plans Not Carried Out; Shinto Shrines in "Red Ink"; Unsold Lottery Tickets Contained 5 Lucky Numbers, Hypothec Bank Says; Hokkaido Also Complete 100% Rice Delivery by Year-End