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Show oo JAPANESE BANKS IN FINANCIAL TROUBLE WASHINGTON, April 23 Only two banks In Japan havo suspended payment as the result of financial troubles In that country, the depart- metn of commerce was advised today by its representative In Toklo. Tho Bank o Japan, tho advices added, had promised aid to Musada Bill Brothers' bank of Osaka, one of the two. The raw silk and weaving: industries indus-tries have felt the greatest forco of the financial trouble, tho department representative said, adding that the main weaving: factories would closo for an indefinite period to maintain prices. Suspension of trading on the Toklo stock exchange. It was said, might bo continued another week. nn |