Press - Post-War

News excerpts from the Tokyo News (focused on Economic Issues) issued by Tokyo News Service, Ltd. Headlines include: Liberal Party Claims 4 Foodstuffs 'Kodan' Law Invalid, May Appeal to Supreme Court; Socialist Party Differs in View on Hiking of Postal, Traffic Rates; New Line-up of Democratic Party Formally Announced Yesterday; 3 Cabinet Ministers to Visit Kansai Districts Shortly; Comment on Current Topics; Communication Workers on 'Invisible' Strike, Window Service Maintained by Skeleton Crews; American Citizens of Japanese Extraction Start Relief Drive for Japanese People, Contributions Already Reaching 300,000 Dollars; Ikuo Oyama Visits Tomb of Senji Yamamoto, Proletarian Leader and Victim of Terrorism; Commercialization of Elementary Schools; Summary of News in Japanese Press (items not included in translation)

News excerpts from the Tokyo News (focused on Economic Issues) issued by Tokyo News Service, Ltd. Headlines include: Price Index Number Shows Slight Increase Over Previous Work; Government Railway Receipts for November Lower by 1.5%; Coal Output Goal in Kyushu; Government's Year-End Monetary Measures Announced, Loans to Securities Firms; About 200 Firms May be Designated According to Deconcentration Law; Rice Arrivals in Tokyo for 1st 10 Days of Month; Vegetables Arriving in Increasing Volume to Capital Since November; Kurobe River Hydra-Electric Plant Construction Finished, to Supply Power to Kansai; 31 Steam-Sailing Vessels to Form Coal Transport Convoy; Hydro-Electric Plants on Lake Inawashiro Super-Annuated; Power Allocations Now Depend on Rainfall, Heaters a Delicate Issue

News excerpts from the Tokyo News (focused on Economic Issues) issued by Tokyo News Service, Ltd. Headlines include: Government Decides to Hike Tobacco Prices to Give More Pay to Officials; Socialists and Democrats Disagree on Policy for Next Year's Budget; Tomiyoshi Likely to be Appointed Agriculture & Forestry Minister; Hirano Participating in Move to Form New Political Party; Policeman Tsujii, 23 of Hyugo Makes Record Arrests, Has 386 Cases to His Credit; Special Police Vigilance for Preventing Year-End Crimes; Emperor Completes Chugoku Tour; Absence of Full Time Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Affects Rice Delivery, Causes Absenteeism Tactics of Workers; School Lunch System to be Extended to Junior and Senior High Schools, All School Children Gain in Weight, Thanks to Lunch; Communication Workers' Strike Assuming 'Visible' Form, Osaka Workers Going on Hunger Strike or Resorting to Absenteeism; Summary of News in Japanese Press (items not included in translations)

News excerpts from the Tokyo News (focused on Economic Issues) issued by Tokyo News Service, Ltd. Headlines include: Coalition with Socialists for Some Time yet, Democratic Party Head Tells Party Map in Sesako; Excesses by Leftists to be Controlled Nishio Tells Press in Niigata; Finance Minister Says No Currency Devaluation or Freezing of New Yen; Cold Weather to Continue, Weather Man Says; Snowstorm Causes Electric Supply Worsening, Plant Covered with Deep Snow; Gangden Denounced as Undemocratic Existence, 72 Per Cent of People Refuse to Recognize It; 'Whip of Love' to be Inflicted on Street Walkers, Control Tightened; Summary of News in Japanese Press (item not included in translations)

News excerpts from the Tokyo News (focused on Economic Issues) issued by Tokyo News Service, Ltd. Headline is: Predictions That Don't Come True