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Show i OPIUM FARM AREA OF JAPAN REDUCED OSAKA, Japan. July 1. The fArmi under poppy in Mmhlnia distri on jthe Island of Shikoku. which, is Hi" loentei of opium production m lapan have this year been decreased by about 5(i pei cent, as compared w.h the area cultivated last year owing, it lip said, to a revision of the law regarding re-garding .he sale of opium W hen the imports ot opium .or medical use were stopped during the war. the (ernment gave every possible encour agemenl .o the growing ot poppy in Mishlma district, the soil ot which Is said to be especially suited to thi cultivation of the plant and for the I past six years 'ii- opium industry in thifl locality has been verj prosperou-Dunng prosperou-Dunng last vear 500 cho of lend were under poppy culture and 2000 workers engaged In the cultivat'ou of the plant and 90.. kwan of opium was produced Things' alnee the beginning begin-ning ol this ear have benn takinp a turn foi the worse |