Show Japanese War Buds W BiJ ar-BiJ ds Wing cis China ChinaT ChinaR T r TT rV V r- r R b Le J x a k a a t 1 r rk r rt k 1 4 f y LAi t F t s V t fr V t tx V r 1 Sit W- W Ws x r E t r ra a t tS tA twP wP f fr 1 S A r a K w t y C y fi fir r x t s wM we as e f- f fr L p wry h rM ff 37 r A 1 r w r i r g J f 1 t aa JM M wmS S 6 ma s t The Nipponese l bombers In the air as shown In the above picture loca loca- location loca- loca location location tion not given are outward bound on a raid over Chinese positions held by troops of Generalissimo Chiang Kal shek according to Japanese mill tary authorities Hundreds of ships similar to the ones shown in this his fleet are re reported being flown into new bases by the Japs for tor possible use In French Indo China territory Here lIere It ft is believed Is the section the little brown men will wall use as a springboard for possible attack on Singapore and the Dutch East Indies Japanese Empire Empire Empire- Exports Little Little- Little Imports Heavily The Japanese empire comprises four principal islands the combined ire area a of which square mlles miles is less than that of California The northern most Hokkaido is about the same s ze as Mame Maine The main Island Honshu is larger in square m miles es than Minnesota The south southern southern southern ern most island of the main mam group Kyushu is somewhat larger than the combined areas of Massachusetts Massachusetts Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connects cutt which encloses the Inland sea is not as large as New Jersey Including Taiwan Formosa Cho Chosen Chosen Chosen sen Korea Leased Ter Territory Pescadores and the Mandated islands the Japanese empire occupies an area of square miles slightly smaller than the state of Texas on of the Japanese em empire pare m in 1940 numbered persons of which 73 persons were inhabitants of Japan Proper Largest centers of population are on an anthe the main island Honshu The capi capital capital tal Tokyo which is also the buss bUSl business ness and financial center of the coup coun country country try is second to New York as the world s largest city with a population population tion in 1940 of 6 persons PrIor to the exodus during the war London s s estimated population was wasI I m in excess of 8 however Second largest city in Japan IS the commercial and industrial city of Osaka with a on of 3 persons Nagoya is the third larg largest largest largest est city with a on of 1 persons Kyoto the capital of Japan prior to 1868 1668 has a populatIon population lion tIon of ot 1089 1 and the port cIties of Kobe and Yokohama have and persons respectively Japan is mountainous with most of the land suitable only for tor for forestry forestry forestry estry Only about 16 per cent of the total area of Japan Proper is arable More than halt half of arable lands are devoted to rice nee production production tion and more than half halt of the value of farm produce is represented by this cereal Approximately 2 out of 5 farms m lD Japan en engage engage engage gage in m activities It IS estimated that some 18 per persons persons persons sons derive all or part of their In Incomes incomes incomes comes from the s silk k industry Fish Fishing Fishing mg ing in m wh ch Japan occupies first rank among the nations of the world is 1 I kew se important as an occupatIon occupation ton tIon and as a source of food supply Although 50 per cent of the Japa Japanese Japanese Japanese nese people still earn their livelihood from the soil has become a ah ah ah h industrialized country Abundant Abundant Abundant dant available water power is utI utIlized utilized lazed to operate hydro electric plants The cotton textile s silk k ray rayon rayon rayon on woolen metal machinery sh p bUildIng chemical electrical and pottery industries of Japan rank high among those of the great man nat ons ens of the world Foreign Trade Only onty m in a few products such as silk aquatic goods camphor does Japan occupy a unique position as asa asa asa a world supplier For the most part Japan has risen as an export na nation nation tion and as an power by bythe bythe bythe the fabrication of goods from for supplies of raw materials Raw cotton from the United States Brit Brat BritIsh British ash Ish India Egypt and other sources carried to Japan has been re exported ex exported exported ported as cotton p ece goods Wood pulp imports make possible Japan s rayon industry Wool from Austra AustralIa Austraha Australia lIa ha and rubber from British Malaya and Netherlands East Indies also are essential raw material Imports for Japanese industries S nce nee July 1937 no detailed data have been published m in Japan on im imports imports ports of mineral oils ores and met metals metals metals als fire arms automobiles explosives explosives explosives certain chemicals and certain tam classes of mach nery Since September 1940 the publication of all detailed trade figures in m Japan has been discontinued For the first nine months of 1940 principal Japa Japanese Japanese Japanese nese imports by value were raw cotton yen o 0 Is fats waxes and manufactures thereof principally mineral oils yen beans and peas 86 yen coal 85 yen sheep s IS wool 85 yen salt 49 yen and pulp for tor artificial silk 41 yen |