People Reluctant to Go Away from Home Geneva, Dec. 8.
The Japanese emigration policy has been a failure, writes Mr. Ogishima. expert of the International Labour Ome, in an article published international Labour Re=
This policy has failed, he stated, because of the reluctance' of Japanese people to leave their" country and because of the resteletions against Japanese emigrants which have been set up by many' countries, As evidence of his conclusion, Mr. Ogishima points out that only tittle more than'a million Japanese live abroad, "while the population Japan proper has a yearly increase which Feaches about ie same Ngure.
At. present statistics show that 1,058,328 Jive outside of the Land of the Rising Sun. Of this number, 56,000 live in China, 243,000 in Mfan= choukuo, 150.000 in Hawaii, 156,000 the United States, 203,000" in. South Africa. and 173,000 in Brazil.
"The "last mentioned Is one of the largest colonies, Mr. Ogishima pointed. ut, and has the greatest possibility development.
The main characteristic of Japanese emigration, he asserted, was the strict government control exercised fon private organizations and active ties," which Is. intended to avoid another failure similar to that suffered connection with the United States, Emigration organizations in Japan, he wrote, take great care to sce that all persons who leave the country fas emigrants have some capltal—Havas,
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