The most, significant the 1980 edition of The Jay Book, which is a cyclops general information and statistics fon Japan and Japanese territories, a decided trend toward condense:
The number of pages in the current issue has been reduced from 92) to 094 and in many instances concise tables of statistical matter replace formerly. over long deseriptive chapters. Others space economics have been effected Jeradieating non-essential material from such sections as "Education," Sports," "Arts and Cfafts," "Rallways," and "Fi On the other hand, a number of sections have been added to the publication and some of the previous chapters have been expanded. Among the new chapters is one on Geology and another giving a Calendar of Events. The latter seetion should prove immensely valuable as a reference, The subject of Earthquakes Sericulture, which previously not treated in separate chapters, have been made independent sections the 1980 edition and a great many important, facts have added under particularly the improvement in the section or Earthquakes which has been revised by Dr. A. Imamura, a professor at Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost authorities on seismology, Among the new maps which have been added to the current issue of the year book are: the Geological Formation of Japan, Topographical Features of Japan, Density of Population, Humidity and Isothermal Lines.
The publication is edited-by Mr. Y. Takenolyu, a professor of Waseda University in Tokyo, and is published by The Japan Year Book Office in Tokyo. The 1980 edition is the twenty-sixth issue of the book, The Japan Year Book may be obtained in Shanghai at Messrs. Kelly Walsh, Ltd,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.