Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-02-24
[APAN'S FOREIGN
 TRADE DOUBLED
 | SINCE THE WAR
bar Exports Exceed I'm. norts in 1916 by About $175, 900, GOO.

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 $175, ,W0, 0,W0.
 ]. ,..rospondence Associated Press) Tokkio, Jan. 21.-Favored by the ,ronean ,O war, which ilas opened up sm s markets in foreign lands for snenese goods, Japan's external I asa has nearly doub ed in value ,or @ the figure before the war.
 The trade balance for 1916 record on excess of $50, ,000,G00 yen in the ,ount % of export over imports. Such 'ormous excess has never been real od in the foreign trade of Japan rce the country was opened to in- Irrational trade. The war has of red an opportunity for Japanese to pyelon or exploit new markets in ,ropean Russia, South Africa, Aus sl;a the South Sea Islands, South merica China, Europe and North merica. where unusually large quan- ties of Japanese goods were export As by-product of the war, the bpning of the new steamer route Via e Cape of Good Hope has started rect trade between Japan and buth Africa and has brought about sudden increase in the volume of kpenese exports. tMinoru Oka, di- (ctor of the bureau of commerce and dustry of the department of agri- lture and commerce, points out that European war has offered a fine anee for Japanese to go overseas Id seek their fortunes in foreign nds as a basis for future economic yelopment of the country abroad. remarks that of 70 million popu- on, only 6O0,000 Japanese are sident abroad. Of this number, ne ys, only a very small percentage presents what he calls the aver Japanese, the majority consisting labor classes or women. Such |uation, he things, by no means gues we'll for the future develop. pnts of Japanese abroad. The latest innate gives the population of the pntry including it's dependencies at Oo0,0OO. The population is in- casing by about S00,000 a year. This Fge population is scattered over mparatively narrow space of 2,35O,- 1000 square miles, the density of pulation per one square mile being With the exception of Britain, lgium, the Netherlands and a few Ter countries, Mir. Oka points out Pt no country meets Japan in the psity of population. Such condi- ms make Japan, which still does evolve for her status as an agri- tural nation, to seek an outlet road for her ever-increasing popu- ion For the furtherance of that Fpose he thinks it is necessary to rease the shipping interests, to de- op markets for Japanese goods in eign lands and to encourage the elopment of domestic manuactur- industry.
 He declares that the rising genera ? Of the country must open their s to the situation and the press need Of the time, and volunteer mselves for the commercial cam- sn in the foreign market. He ciudes: Let the commerce Of the |anese Empire follow the sun Bs which are now sighted in al- t every nook and corner of the ent and the Southern seas and
 gradually moving elsewhere in world"
 Pne part Of the world where Japa- commerce has made it's most re- kable strides forward is the West
 Hemisphere. The enormous sMrity of the United States has ated a demand in that country for uiles from Japan, and the article lcn forms the bulwark of the Flsn export trade to this country,
 SIX and habutae, has exceeded ivvOoO,OOO yen mark this year. To
 tuner countries of the western llsphere, too, Japanese exports E increased greatly, and the pro- 2 made by the Japanese mec- ats m the countries of South s.Nas Pacific slope and also with
 a ana Argentine is regarded as as s importance which Japan gives
 ': ueVeiopment of her foreign
 N seen in a decision just gazet- g appoint five new government ,'a,s 10 be designated as indus
 h anu commercial attaches. They
 Ss Ss stationed at New York, Lon- ts sSuanshal, South America and the Y ga Islands. Their mission
 ,au. muiude travelling to neighbor-
 p"s !. ana cities for the inspec- M. M Maustrial and commercial
 nsD n"us with view to furnishing
 as ese commercial and industrial
 's , with first ha.ad knowledge
 foreign lands,
 ro,, commissioners will be appoint
 nsaa rom among the ablest men in
 ons. nrss circles and they will have
 sl HAuectlon a,. with diplomatic or po-
 tt.ohaa h'alrs. They will, however,
 saeu eraa. 10 the foreign office which
 ia,Sss isases bureau Of commercial
 ae''ial commissioners.
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