Japan Tightens Grip on Economic Resources forgo, Oct. 17.
Japan yesterday tightened her grip, over the economic resources of East Asia as a permanent Japan-Manchou~ kuo-Chind Economic Council was set up here.
Mr. Kazuo Aoki, Minister of Finance and president of the National Planning Board, called on Premier Gen. Nobuyuki Abe to obtain his approval to the measure. The Council, which up to now met at regular intervals, is mow in session here.
Under the new arrangement, it was pointed out, the Council could meet wherever a need arose for mapping out industrial expansion and commodity mobilization measures in Japan, Manchoukuo and China.
Special committees would be form-to deal with problems concerning coal, iron, raw cotton, cereals and foodstuffs, light metals and the adjustment of international trade
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