Press translations [Japan]. Economic Series 0082, 1945-12-19.
Date19 December, 1945
translation numbereconomic-0398
call numberDS801 .S81
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ECONOMIC SERIES: 82
ITEM 1 NISSAN Chemical Industry Company Converting to Fertilizer Production; Fats Curtailed - Nippon Sangyo Keizai l6 Dec 45. Translator: H. Shindo.
Full translation:
The NISSAN Chemical Industry Company (NISSAN KAGAKU KŌGYO), former NIPPON Fats Industry
Company (NIPPON YUSHI KŌGYO), has been
engaged in the production of oils and fats, oily chemicals, powders, paints, and textiles,
fishing, and stock-breeding.
The termination of the war, however, has changed conditions in the materials in JAPAN,
and the Company is forced to cut down
its varied production. In the first place, the company is hard-pressed to obtain the
materials for oil and fat production. The
AMAGASAKI Factory and the others which existed were devastated by air raids and by
occasional storms, and it may take quite a
long while to rehabilitate them.
The Company cannot avoid curtailment of fat products and must find another field
of production in place of it. Under the
current conditions, however, the Company will be allowed no freedom of preference.
So, efforts will be concentrated on the
production of fertilizer and will reach out to include paints, agricultural chemicals,
oils and fats, and powders. The
fertilizer in this case is mainly nitrogenous fertilizer.
The TOYAMA Factory will deal with ammonium sulphate and other factories will begin
production of more calcium super-phosphate.
The enlargement of the TOYAMA Factory, therefore, is being rushed, and intense activity
is expected not merely in the field of
ammonium sulphate but also in that of other chemical fertilizers.
Some equipment of the same factory was used to turn out lubricants for aircraft during
the war. Now, after some deliberation,
it has been decided better not to resume operation of this equipment. But if the material
for the fats industry become
obtainable, that will be, of course, another matter.
The Company, like other chemical companies, has had bitter experiences in trying
to gain materials since the war. The Company
has felt oppressed by unproductive capital which it has invested. However, if the
present conditions of fuel and materials
change for the better, the Company, being a civilian industry, need not always be
pessimistic. It is only a question of
time.
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ITEM 2 Basic Industrial Law - Yomiuri Hochi - l6 Dec 45. Translator: Y. Kurata.
Full translation:
In reply to interpellations by TAKEUCHI, Kakicai (Research Party /KEN-KYUKAI/) at
the House of Peers Budgetary Meeting
yesterday, Commerce and Industry Minister OGASAWARA expressed his intention to introduce
a bill to the next Diet session for
the so-called "Basic Industrial Law." Mr. OGASAWARA's statement follows:
"Industrial democratization can only be attained by the enforcement of an industrial
economy based on the freely expressed
will of the people, whereby the national economy becomes ultimately stabilized through
fair competition. Consequently, there
is a need for the establishment of strict control in order to secure the public interest,
especially at the present time when
there is a very real possibility of higher prices and an increase of commodity production
under the so-called laissez-faire
policy. And in this case, official control will be replaced by self-government.
"However, basic goods for both industrial and routine uses will be free of control,
and the flow of these goods will be
promoted by the free competition in effect. In order to stabilize postwar industry,
a democratic industrial organization must
be established, through which entrepreneurs are expected to promote their common interests.
"Direct interference in business by the Government will be limited here after to
the barest minimum, while necessary control
will be fairly handled by an independent organization of businessman. Furthermore,
an obstacle to fair transactions between
entrepreneurs will be removed completely.
"Based on such a fundamental policy, a bill for the so-called Basic Industrial Law
is now under study and is expected to be
introduced to the next Diet session."
ITEM 3 Revision in the Price of Rubber Goods - Nippon Sanyo Keizai - l6 Dec 4 Translator: T. Mitsuhashi.
Full translation:
The Rubber Goods Control Company (GOMUSEIHIN TOSEI KAISHA) asked the Commerce and
Industry Ministry for permission to revise
the price of rubber goods, such as tires, rubber tubes, and rubber-soled tabi, and
the revision has been approved retroactive
to 11 December.
The revision was necessitated by the fact that production costs, including fuel expenses,
transport fees, and wages, have
risen too high to continue along normal production lines. The new price approved will
be about two and one half to three times
the former one.
ITEM 4 Compulsory Measures to Draw Out Coal in Stock - Nippon Sangyo Keizai - 16 Dec 45. Translator: R. Shibata.
Full translation:
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ECONOMIC SERIES: 82 (Continued)
ITEM 4 (Continued)
The output of coal seems to have taken a favorable turn in the mines since the beginning
of December. However, it is
anticipated that coal conditions will reach their worst state in January or February
of 1946 if things are left as they
are.
According to the investigations made by the Fuel Bureau (NENRYO KYOKU) and the NIPPON
Coal Company (NIPPON SEKITAN KAISHA),
the quantity of coal distributed in that period will not exceed even 700,000 tons
a month. Accordingly, the Fuel Bureau has
been taking steps for compulsory shipment of coal in stock in order to secure distribution.
The distribution of coal for these
three months has been made by drawing out coal in stock, 600,000 tons in October,
500,000 tons in November, and 400,000 tons
in December. Thus, the coal crisis has been made less severe despite the decrease
in supply. But hereafter, if special steps
are not taken, the quantity of coal in stock that can be shipped will decrease because
of the serious effects of snow,
increased difficulties in transporting the coal to a storing place, the deterioration
of the coal, etc.
On the other hand even if the Government's steps to increase the output of coal should
be thoroughly carried out at each
colliery, the increased rate of output will not exceed more than 20 per cent. We cannot
expect too much from the Government
measures. Such being the case, the distribution of coal will tend to fall below the
minimum necessary quantity of 700,000 tons
a month, in January or February, if we leave matters as they are.
In order to overcome this crisis, the Fuel Bureau is discussing plans to draw cut
about 2,550,000 tons of coal in stock,
1,630,000 tons at collieries, 560,000 tons at wharves and along railway lines, and
360,000 tons at loading places. Under
consideration is a plan to distribute staple foods, wine, tobacco, etc specially to
coal stevedores, as well as to give them
an increase in their wages.
Distribution "X"
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