Japan has to import about 12% per cent. of her food supply. it has been the boast of many in this coun try that if war came Japan could not back to the days before Admiral Perry's visit when she was selfssuficient, and grow enough on Japanese' soil to feed the entire population.
But the impending rice shortage will force Japan to increase her Importation of food from her colon fs, inthe event that the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's scheme of importing thousands" of alien ibourers falls through. And observ-cers believe that once Japan begins import Labour or a large proportion of her food supply, she will be embarking ona new phase of her economy which will affect not only the farmer but also her industrialists and traders. They base this belief on the close connection between farm Conditions and industrial wages that has existed in the past
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