Tokyo, Sept. 13.
Mr. Yosuke suoka. Foreign Minister, today declared that Japan's "Greater East Asia" programme ut present aimed at acquiring materials id arranging sources of supply.
Speaking before the Japan Trade Association, the Foreign Minister said that the assignment of Mr. Ichizo Kobayashi, Minister of Commerce and Indusiry and head of a special trade mission to the Netherlands East Indies, was related to these aims of iban's present poli "In establishing Greater East Asia and the common prosperity of the sphere, it will be necessary to cooperate with countries having sim) lar aspirations and simultaneous crush all obstacles lying in our path, either seen or unseen," Mr, Matsuoka declared.
Mr, Matsuoka noted that the Europ-can War was seriously reducing Japan's export trade, and said that the day Wat passed when Japanese products could sweep.world markets because of their quality and low pri "Owing to th recent. intensification of warfare and the deterioration of our relations with the United States, the question of procuring essential commodities is becoming increasingly
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