Tokyo, Aug. 17.
Determined to push forward his plans for active trade promotion, Mr, Hachiro Arita, Foreign Minister, tov day decided to establish a branch of the Gaimusho in Osaka, the heart of industrial Japan.
The head of the new office, of 2 rank directly appointive by the: Emperor, will have as his main task the maintenance of close contact with Kwansal manufacturers and exporters, Hitherto, the Foreign Office maintained connection with Kwansai businessmen through special envoys, dispatched to Osaka at frequent intervals to learn the views of industrial cireles—Domei, Admiral Osami Nagano, Navy Minister, has drawn the attention of Mr. Koki Hirota, the Premier, and Mr. Hachiro Arita, Foreign Minister, to "the urgent necessity of formulating independent and vigorous foreign policy." the "Yomiuri Shimbun," cading local daily, reported to-day.
This policy, he is reported to have emphasized, should be so carried out 10 break the status quo, under which Japansmade goods meet with restrictions "almost everywhere in the world." luge Increase in Estimates icing a ro-arming world, the Navy Ministry will seek a ¥.770,000,000 naval budget in the 1937-38 fiscal year, Domei learned to-day.
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