The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-17
Japan Is Modern And
Powerful Nation
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stated by the speaker who at one
time had spent seven years of his
life as missionary in the Orient.
When you get off the ship at Yo-
kohama and take the elevated train
to Tokyo the scenery outside appears
very much like that between Gary,
Indiana, and Chicago, the speaker
said.
TOKYO MODERN CITY
Tokyo is modern, thriving, IN
dustrial metropolis very much like
any of ours and there are no more
frame buildings in Tokyo than there
are in Chicago Buildings of con.
crete and steel predominant. The de-
partment stores, hotels, and build
ings are very much like those OF
United States, it was pointed out.
The word Japan is made up of two
words-Ja, meaning sun and Pan
meaning root. The two words to.
gether mean sprung from the sun
The present dynasty started, 2,6O1
years ago Feb. IL when the bride
sprang from the left eye of the sky
god. The sky bride married a Jap.
| anese man and the legend has il
that not only is the japanese en-
peror a direct descendant but all OF
the JaI anese people are related.
This is taught in japanese school
books as actual history and not as
legend. The japanese implicitly be.
lieve that they have this divine orig.
in and that their emperor is not only
the temporal ruler but actually God
himself, the speaker said.
/ CONFIDENT OF VICTORY
With this idea predominant the
people think that military victory is
inevitable. AS matter of fact it is
believed that all of the events of re-
cent years are divinely ordained and
that divine providence has guided
them in the victories they have won
The speaker said that the report
given by Ambassador Joseph c
Grew, recent ambassador to Japan
is absolutely correct. The ambassa.
dor reported that the japanese are
resourceful and powerful enem.
and that their morale is not easily
shattered and that the enemy viii
fight on and on even after defeat.
A study of anthropology shows
that the Japanese are not at all the
original inhabitants of the islands
Originally they were inhabited by {
race of people known as the Ainu
They are short, stocky, hairy race
of people very opposite in appear
ance from the Japanese.
ANU ORIGINAL INHABITANTS
| The japanese came to the island
| in numbers about 1000 years ag'
and slowly drove the Ainu back t
the northern part of the country lik
the Americans IL the Indians t
the west. r. here are still
about lfiu aivingi in tn
Norther> country D
reservatf lar to the In
dian reseiJatisns s-Trvthis country.
The japanese are really cor
glomeration of several races. Al
thropologists say that they cam
from one of the South Sea island
snd that racially they are mos
closely akin to the Malayans. Their
is an intermixture with the Chimes
and Eskimo races.
| The entire country is only abou
the size of Indiana and there is onl
at the most Is per cent of the Ian
under cultivation. The rest of tn
land is too rocky to grow crops O
any kind. This small area support
a population of 7O,OOO,OOO people.
HYDRo-ELEcTRIC POWER
Inc country IS very m0untalnou
and because of the many rivers il
the mountains there are thousand
of hydro-electric power stations whic
supply practically all of the powe
of the country.
Because of cheap power, chea
wages and cheap transportation tn
japanese can compete on the worl
market at prices that can not be me
by countries with higher standard
of living. A thermos bottle costin,
a dollar in America can be sold TO
10 cents when made in Japan.
| Prior to the war Japan had en-
tered the radio market and was sell
ing radios for three dollars that il
America were selling for SIS.
INTENSIVE FARMING
| With such small amount of ara
BILE land it is only natural that al
of the cultivation is very intensive
The average farm is from one-hal1
to one acre in size. The irregular
| cOaStllne has MANY 6na horlor.