'As the rumblings of warfare recede farther inland from Shanghai the number of Japanese residents here increasing rapidly, the "Shanghat Mainichi" stated on' Feb. 1, The Japanese population of Shanghat now is almost half what it was fat the start of the conduct, According to the census of July 1, total Japanese population of Shang-hal was 20,612, including Formosan ana Koreans.
In December 4,838 Japanese came to Shanghai; of those, 2,613 returned to reside in the Hongkew area, while 2225 went back to Japan, During October, "November and December 11,100 Japanese came here: 47720 returned to their homes, while the remainder were visitors who remained here for a short period:
In January 5,000 Japanese residents came back to Shanghai from Japan, increasing the present total popula tion to 12,983, the paper stated.
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