ABSTRACT

This volume analyzes what the pressure of population growth in Japan in the early twentieth century consisted of and attempts to indicate what form it would take in the future. It examines not only the relationship between the number of inhabitants and the economic resources of the country but also discusses the structure and movement of the Japanese population, the agricultural potential of Japan, the prospects of importing food in return for exporting manufactures and the possibilities of finding relief through acquiring land further afield. The relation of all this to international affairs is stressed throughout.

 

chapter I|13 pages

I. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE PACIFIC

chapter II|10 pages

II. THE JAPANESE BACKGROUND

chapter III|13 pages

III. PRESSURE OF NUMBERS IN JAPAN

chapter IV|15 pages

IV. THE FUTURE POPULATION

chapter V|26 pages

V. ON GROWING THEIR OWN FOOD

chapter VI|35 pages

VI. THE WAY OF INDUSTRIALIZATION

chapter VII|10 pages

VII. RELIEF THROUGH EMIGRATION

chapter VIII|8 pages

VIII. CONCLUSION