Economy of the Empire of Japan

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The page discusses in numerical terms the economy of the Empire of Japan, particularly in the years leading up to the major conflicts on the Asian mainland and in the Pacific.

In the half century up to the 1930s, Japan's exports grew from 144 million to 5,331 million yen (¥). This amounted to a share of world trade of only 3.7%, compared with 13.7% for the United Kingdom or 11.8% for the United States. The Great Depression of the 1930s provoked certain changes in the Japanese economy, with the result that imports exceeded exports by ¥1,000 millions.

The country in 1936 possessed the third-largest commercial Fleet in the world, valued at $1,183,000,000, or $28.10 per person.

Main economic sectors(Previous years and WW2 Times)

Government Economical Admnistration(previous days & WW2 wartime period)

The official government entities which guided the Japanese national economy were the Economy and Finance Ministry, the Bank of Japan the Japanese central banking institution, and the Industry and Commerce Ministry, for military hand stay the Marine and War Ministry, and other important government entities.

Japanese Exterior Figures(during previous years and WW2 times)

Japanese Investment in Chosen(previous times and WW2 Period)

Japan during 1932 inverted ones 550,000,000 U.S. Dollars and 1938 ones 320,000,000 U.S. Dollars, for all this investments produced one notably augment of 400% Industrial monetary value.

In the Fishing industry Japan extracted one value of 20,000,000 U.S. Dollars annually. Poses one high per capita cypher in fishing and collect one 15% of world fishing collect.

The Noguchi Family poses your principal investments in Banking commerce and Industry in these province. With funds of these zaibatsu and Japanese government founded the Bank of Chosen the central banking institution in province, why stay linked with Bank of Manchukuo, the Manchu central bank.

The industry stay divided in chemical area (30%), Metal and machinery sector (10%) in total ones 1,000,000 of workers in these areas and woodworking, textile, foods and handcrafts.

Japan developed ones 4,000,000 acres (16,000 km²) for rice and ones 4,000,000 acres (16,000 km²) for rye and mice, and others 3,000,000 acres (12,000 km²) for soybean, wheat, tobacco and cotton. The 7% of peasant families are employed in these cultives why collect ones 5,000,000 tonnes annually. The harvesting stay represent for 1,700,000 cows, 1,400,000 pigs and others.

Fishing(WW2 Times)

The important Ohkotsk fisheries had a value of ¥50 million. Other fisheries in Chosen, Karafuto, South Mandate and Formosa came to ¥122,000,000 and ¥358,000,000 from Japan proper, for a total of ¥480,000,000 (1938 figures). Secondary products from fishing had a value of ¥150 million to ¥200 million. (From another source, fishing values were of ¥235,000,000 and ¥275,000,000 during 1919-13, more than the British.)

Coastal fishing represented 61% of the total, with a fleet of 364,260 little boats of which 20% had engines; the rest were sailing boats. High seas fishing represented 28% of the industry, with whaling, coral and pearl collecting and a little phisiculture on land making up the rest. The high seas vessels operated in the North Pacific area (Alaska coasts), to the South Pacific too. During Japanese administration the fishing in Kwantung leased Territory are ones 61,000 tonnes.

In 1938 the great Fish factory-Vessels packed ones 204,000 packages of Crab, and 370,000 packages of Sea Salmon, in the same year ones four Whale Hunting Vessels fishing in waters surround of Antarctic. Factories were built in Chisima, Hokkaido, Karafuto, Taiwan, Chosen, Kyushu, Shikoku and other coastal areas to process fish products.

Forestry products (WW2 Times)

Local forestry represented a production of 14,000,000 square meters of wood with value of ¥75,000,000, a total value of ¥50,000,000 in cut wood, ¥3,000,000 in bamboo and other secondary wood products for a total value of ¥100,000,000. The local forests poses ones 50,000,000 acres, 22,000,000 pertaining at State administration or at Imperial Family reserves and if attend much in scientific forestal researches during lasts years. Coal of wood poses value of 100,000,000 of yen. The Sugi (Scryptomeria Japonica), represent one-fourth of total quantity, the Pine in more of fifth part in quantity and value and the Hinoki (Chamaecypaaris Obtusa) only 1/4% of quantity, but more of 9% in value. Still your much forests and your importance Japan continuing buying wood in foreign areas. In accord with another dates, Japan proper exists ones 20,000,000 forest hectares, between theirs stayed ones 10,000,000 in private hands, others 7,500,000 in state control and rests, ones 1,200,000 pertaining to the Imperial House. From these province, exist some wood exports to the rest of the Japanese empire and foreign markets.

Paper and Cellulose Industry:

Since ancient times, Japan manufactured assorted Papers types with fine quality making at hand, but the modern mechanized industry are commenced from 1872, and now are one of the most important industries in the nation. The total production if approximated to cypher of 1,000,000 Metrical tonnes of Paper and Cardboard. The Cellulose Paste, the principal prime material, are elaborated in Shikoku, Hokkaido and Karafuto. The Cellulose production resulted in one 8% of U.S. manufacture; the Cellulose industry in Japan are developed in with some importance in Shikoku, North Honshu, Hokkaido, Chosen,Manchukuo and Karafuto. In these areas stay the principal Cellulose Factories, but in Karafuto poses major importance, in this province stay the Shiretoru Cellulose Factory, the greatest and advanced installations dedicated of this industrial areas in all East Asia, and in the City of Shikuka, at north of these province, if the first place were manufacture Paper of European Type in all Japan. Additionally for complement these local production, these product some buying in Canada and United States.

Heavy industry(WW2 times)

See next: Japanese Heavy industry during WW2 times

Investment in Manchukuo(WW2 times)

See main article Manchukuo (Japanese investment in industry)

Japanese mineral & energy resources(WW2 times)

Japanese Population Cyphers(WW2 times)

See next: Japanese demography before WWII

Japanese Local Agriculture & Harvesting(WW2 times)

Japanese Land Ways and transport(WW2 times)

See: Transportation in the Empire of Japan

Japanese Air and Sea transports(WW2 times)

See Next:

For Air transport services (Previous times & WW2 times):

Dai Nippon Koku KK (Imperial Japanese Airways)
Manshukoku Koku KK (Manchukuo National Airways)

For Sea transport service (Previous times & WW2 times):

Japanese Government Merchant and Transatlantic vessel line N.Y.K.

Japanese Wartime economy in Occupied Lands(WW2 Times)

Notes of Japanese Concessions in North Sakhalin and Japanese-Russian Fishing Convention

The Japanese and Russian Petrol Pits, if stay in same petrol zone and stay ordered in strict form at finish of distributed in well form your equitative exploit. The pits stay in direct communication with the Moskalvo port in the west coast of Ohka for media of Petrol pipe lines.

In 1925, the Soviet Government, giving at Japan Petroliferous and Carbonaceous Concessions in North Sakhalin at Mitsubishi, Itoh-Korada, Mitsui and other Japanese Companies for a period of 45 years. But how result of Protocols and agreements signed in Moscow in May, 1944, these concessions expired 26 years before at accorded time in 1925, while as one new Japanese-Russian accord over fishing conventions dispose:

The formal retiring of some Japanese fisheries in the Far East, arrended to Japanese concessors.
Right of Soviet Organizations to buying annually and for auctions the 10% Japanese fish shares in selling.
One augment of Paying in Gold making for Japanese owners.

At modifying these fishing conventions of 1928, according to the alla activities of Soviet Fishing Organizations and Citizens of same nationality stay subjects at one reduced number of substantial reductions, the Japanese-Russian accord of March 1944, disposed the cancelation of these all restriction previously observed.

Until the last war stay prohibited at Japanese subdits and other foreigners the fishings in certain maritime zones in the Far East, accord with Soviet Government in July 1941.

Additionally the Japanese Government garantice why all Fisheries arrended to Japanese subdits and stay situated in the East Coast of Kamchatka and Olyutorsk no having exploited for Japanese until the finish of the Pacific War.

The Yen block and economic thought

For one adequate managed, administration and use of these resources Japanese Military, industrialist and Economy Thinkers indeed the "Yen Block" or Yen Zone, economical Doctrine, for poses one economical zone in these areas and Japan in why stay under Yen monetary Values. But debt at the posteriory difficults during your application during the 30s, these theorists above mentioned analyzed this trouble for created the "Greater Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere" Plan for perfectioned this previous economic doctrines and ampled to Southeast Asia and Siberian Mainland too for uses the natural resources and ampled the economical Japanese Yen currency in these areas, joining at your military conquest plans.

These were the Economical Resources for sustain the Japanese Regime and your Conquest Plans in Asia Mainland.