Ambitious Plans Revealed by Minister Tokyo, Jan. 29 Ambitious plans to further "civil aviation in Japan were revealed today by Mr. Ryutaro Nagai, Minister of Communication:
Besides a five-year scheme to increase "production of aircraft, 500 civilian pilots will be trained in the next financial year beginning April 1; while-28 airfields would be established.
The Minister declared that negotiations were going on with foreign countries for the opening of international air routes.
Referring to fuel supply, Mr. Shinji Yoshino, Minister of Commerce and Industry, said the shale oil industry: was being organized on a commercial basis while a five-year plan had been drawn up for oil production, calling for the exploring of over 80 oil-fields and the sinking of 280 wells—Reuter, Settlement officers'in the raids made in the French Concession.
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