DATA ON MANCHURIA

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Number 72 15 May 1947
DATA ON MAN 4uRfA
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Data obi ganchuria
(Doc No 240336)
1 anchuri.a prepared by the Iianchurian ,kffairs Bureau late in
1941+ for the $6th Session-of the Japanese Diet.
The original document is divided into two sections. The
first part, 70 pages long, provides data on public order,
labor, opium, shrines, culture, colonization and education in
This is an extract translation of a statistical survey of
Iianchuria. This section has not been translated. The second
part of the document has been translated in full in this
publication. It includes 154+ sections giving economic data.
Sections 0, ~7 and 73 are missing.
The 154 sections included in this publication cover a
variety of topics of interest to Japanese leaders confronted
with the problem of solidifying the Greater East Asia Co-
Prosperity Sphere,economically and militarily. The document
covers air. id damage, the repairing of air raid damage,
kianchurian production of war essentials such as food, arma-
ments, petroleum, iron, coal, etc., the intricacies of iianchu-
rian 'economy under Japanese control, plans for the future in
regard to price stabilization, exports and imports, the im-
provement oftransportation and communications, Japanese in-
vestm,edits /in iuanchuria, the South 14anchurian Railway Co Ltd
and its vast industrial empire, and the shipping of colonists
from Japan to kianchuria
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Archives Section
Iiinisterial Secretariat
1. Fundamental Policies in the Iconomic Development of
hanchuria During the War
2. Economic Harmony Between Ywantung Leased Territory
and Manchuria
3. The First Five-Year Plan and Its Results
4. Policy for the Second Five=Year Plan
5. Results of the Second Five-year Plan
6. Emergency iiining and Industrial Policies
7. Amounts of Strategic Iiiateria.ls Supplied.Japan by
S. Amounts of atr.e.te.gic Iiaterials Supplied iianchuria,
TABLE OF VO1TTEi T S
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10.
by Japan
1ianchurian Reaction to Control Associations
The transfer of, japanese_ Industrial Plants to i ian-
.churta fort)ie Integration of Productive Industry.
11. 'ianchurian Co-operation with Japan in the Prosecu-
tion of the War
12, Iron:-and Stee~, Production; in. , anchor a,
13. Plans for the mergency Increase of Iron and Steel
Production in ianchuria after the I' cai Year, 194
14. Reasons for Creating the kanchurian Iron and Steel
15. Production, Supply and Demand for Iron Ore and i:an-
ganese Iron in %ianchuria
16, Coal, Su, ply and Demand, for Iron I4anuf acture
l7. Japanese Imports of Iron and Ste.e,1 From Ianchuria
$. Capacity, Plan and Production of Iron and Steel in
ianchuria
19. The SIi. Iran Refinery in Fu-shun
20. (Missing from the Original Document)
21: 1~ir Raid .D,im4ge and Repair Work at An-shan .
and the Effect , of. Raids on the Deliveries. to Japan
23. Restoration of.the Cake Ovens at the An-shan Plant
of the, iianchurian Iron and Steel Mfg Co Ltd
24. ,, demand and Supply of Gap-and Coke at the
tin-shan
plant of t e i.anchurian' iron, end Steel fiifg. Co- Ltd
25. Coal Supplyand Demand in iiianchuria
26, Production and Plans'for Increased Production of
Coal i,ino,~. Operated by the SA1R
Production ana Plans for Increased production"of
Cad iiir'es Operated by the i=ianchuria' Coal iiining "Co Ltd
Development of Coal Resources in Tung-p`ien=tao
Oil Resources in Manchuria
'30. Demand and Supply of` "Oil in i,anch.uria
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~1a. Liquid Fuel Manufacturing Enterprises in Manchuria
31b. Plans for an Emergency Increase in the Production"of
Alcohol in Manchuria
32. Coal Liquefaction at Fu-shun and Plans for Increased
Production
33. Oil Production.?Enterprises of the SMR and :Plans for
the Future
34., Coal Liquefaction Enterprises in Chin-hsien
.35. The Manchurian Synthetic Petroleum Co. Ltd
36. Plan for Increased Production of Light Metals in Manchuria
37. Production and Plans for Increased Production of the Man-
churia Light Metal Co Ltd
38. Production and Plan for Increased Productign~ of. the Man-
churia Magnesium Co Ltd
39. New Light Metal Companies in Manchuria::
40. Production and Plan for Increased Production of Non-Ferrous,
Metals in, Manchuria
41. Production and Plan for Increased Production.of?Non Metallic
Minerals
42. Production of Soda Ash in Manchuria
43. Production of Salt'in Manchuria
44. Production of Salt in Kwantung Leased Territory
45. Supply of-Salt From1lanchuria to Japan
46. Explosives Supply and Demand in Manchuria
47. (Missing from the Original Document)
48. Medical Goods Supply and Demand in Manchuria
49. Demand. and Supply of Chemical Industry Products in Manchuria
50. Demand and Supply of Electric Power.in Manchuria
51. Electric Power Plants in Manchuria
52. Hydroelectric Power Plant :Equipment in Manchuria
53. Agricultural Products - Importance of Manchuria-as a Food
Supply Base
54. Fundamental Government Food Policies in Manchuria
55. Plan for Increased Food Production in Manchuria
56. Production of Manchurian Agricultural'Foodstu'ffs and Their
Supply to Japan
57. Manchurian Emergency. Plata for Development of Agricultural
Area and the Co-operative Policy for Its Implementation
58. Demand.and Supply of Principal Foodstuffs in Manchuria,
Including Kwantung Leased Territory
59. Provisions and Other Essential Civilian Goods in Manchuria
and KwantungLeased Territory
60' Production," Demand and Supply of Rice in Manchuria
61. Production , Demand and Supply of Cereals in Manchuria
62, Estimate of Soybean Turnover in Manchuria for 1944 and the
Guarantee of Supply to Japan
63. Materials for Agricultural Use" in Manchuria
64. Price Policy for Agricultural Products in Manchuria
65. Production, Supply and Demand of Soybeans in Manchuria
66. Market Price of Soybeans in Manchuria and Export' Prices to 11 1
Japan
67. Production, Supply and Doniand of Soybean Cakes in Manchuria
68. Soybean Cake Turnover and Export of Soybean Cake's to Japan
69. Market Prices'of Soybean Cake and Export'Prices to Japan
70. Production, Supply and Demand for Oil-Bearing Se?ds for 1940-44
71 Production of xrtmoniuir. Sulphate in'Manchuria and Relationship
Between Supply and Demand
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72. Demand and Supply of Lumber in Japan
73. (iiissing from the Original Document)
74: Production of Charcoal in i,ianchuria and Supply to
Jap~.r~
75; Production, Supply and Demand for Cotton in lianchuria
76 Outlihe of the Spinning and Weaving Industry in Man
chtxria
774 Supply and Demand for Cotton Goods in Manchuria,
78. Improvement of Sheep's Wool in lianchuria
79. Stock-Raising in Manchuria,
O. Plan for the Organization of the Manchurian Budget
in 1945
81. Items on the General and Special Accounts for Manchu-
ria, 1944
52. Commodity Price Rises in Manchuria as Compared with
Commodity Price Rises in Japan
S3. Causes and Tendencies of Commodity Price Rises in
innchuria
84. Regulation of Commodity Price Rises in Manchuria
S5. Plans for the Prevention of High Commodity Prices in
North China Which Affect Prices in iia.nchuria
96. The Kwantung Leased Territory Price Stabilization Fund
97. Organization of the Manchurian Economic Stabilization
Fund
SS. Relationship Between the iia.nchurian Economic Stabiliza-
tion Fund Organization and Special Accounts for Foreign
Trade Funds
99. Significance of the Abolition of Customs Duties Between
Manchuria. .and, Japan
90. Inflationary Trends in 1ianchurian Silver Certificates
in 1944
91. Investments in lianchuria in 1941E
92. Savings Deposits in lianchuria
93. The 1,ianchurian National Debt and Absorption of Bonds
94. Credit Control in lianchuria
95. Plans for Manchurian National Funds for 1944
96. Balance of Trade Between lianchuria and Japan for 1944
97. Balance of Trade Between Manchuria and North China
99. Functioning of the lianchurian-German Trade Agreement
99,. Reasons for Increasing Capital of the SIR
'100. The Questiun of Issuing SVM Debentures
101. The Four-Year Plan for Raising Capital for the S1M
102. Production and Plans for Increased Production of Coal
in Mines Operated by the. SkM
103. Shale Oil Refining Enterprises of the SIR
104. Jurisdiction of the Government and the Kwantung Army in
the Supervision of the S1,1R
105. Private Railroads in lianchuria
106. Changes in Administrative Procedures
107. Debentures Issued by the. Si?R as of Oct. 1.944 and
Estimates for 1945
105.. Dividends. for, Private and Government Shares in the SIR.
109. Total of Various Loans Made by the SK.R to lianchuria
110. Recent Balance Sheets of the SIR
111. Reasons for Decline of Profit of the Sly. and lieasures
Taken to Improve the Profit Situation
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112. Principal Si Projects foi 1944-,and for the Future
113, Recent Tendencies Toward,lncrease in Volume of Business
of the SMR
114. Volume of Special Products Transported by the Si?,Ri:
1938-44 "
115. Freight-Handled at Dairen Wharves
116. SIiM's Iieasures for.Diversion of Continental Water Trans-
portation to Overland Transportation
117. Unification of Continental Transportation
118. Diversion to Overland Transportation and. Its Effects on
the S.
119. Maintenance of Sill. Facilities to iieet the Sharp Rise in
Continental Freight Shipped Overland"
120. Principal Commodities Carried by the SIR:, 1943-44
121. Number of Si1R Subsidiary Companies, Investments and Yield
122. Construction of Railroads in Manchuria and Future Plans
for Such Construction
123. Reasons for the Transfer of the Proprietary Rights of the
North Korean Railways to the S.
124a. Recent Transport at ion. Between Japan and Manchuria and That
via South Korea
124b. Pleasures for Improving Conditions of iierchant Seamen in
Kwantung Leased Territory and in Ianchuria
125. The Manchuria Telephone and Telegraph Co Ltd
126. .Rogistr?tion of the i_lanchuria Telephone and Telegraph Co
Ltd under Two National Registries, and the Plan to hake
It a hanchurian Corporation
127. Supervision of the Iianchuri?ti Telephone and Telegraph Co
Ltd. by. the Governments of Japan and i anchuria
128. Business Returns of the Ianchuria Telephone and Telegraph
Co Ltd, 1933-44
129. 1945 Industrial Plan for-the Manchuria Telephone and Tele-
graph Co Ltd and Reasons for Increase in Capital
130. Wartime Communications Regu:l.ations for the Manchuria 'Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co Ltd
131. Effects of Air Raids and Countermeasures
132. The Domestic Labor Situation and the Advisability of Dis-
pRtching Colonists
133. Need for Dispatching Colonists
134. Policies for Planning the War Emergency Migration of Colonists
135. Plan to Dispatch Displaced :Persons, Evacuees and War Victims
as Colonists
136. Achievements in Sending Colonists to Manchuria,
137. Colonists Going to the Continent and Policies Toward Future
Piigrat ion
13$. Policy..Toward the Volunteer Units of the Development Groups
139. Health and Sanitation Policies in the Colonized Areas
140.1 Policy Regarding the Transfer of Land to Colonists for
Settlement
141. Current Administrative Status of the hanchuria'C016nization
Co Ltd
142. Reasons-for Assistance to the Ianchuria Colonization Co Ltd
143. Future Policy for the administration of the .1 Colo-
nization Co Ltd
144. Contribution of Iianchurian Colonists to the Increase in-
Food Production
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11+5. Plans for Increased C6lonial Production in 191+5
1146; Plans for Providing Colonists with Farming Implements
11+7+ Necessity for Reinvestigation of the System of Young Iients
VolunteeI Units with. Respect to the Military Conscription
System
11+8. The basis for Assignment of 12,000 Dien to the Volunteer Units
1149. Necessity for the Reinvestigation of the Training Program of
the Yount, Lents Volunteer Training Units
150. Necessity for the Emergency 1.obilizatiun of the Volunteer
Army for Iviilitary Production
151. Policy for Assuring Good Leaders
152. Present Facilities of,the Young lients Volunteer Unit Training
Station in i,anchuria ;-end Policies for Their Improvement
153. Consideration of and.Pol.cy Towards Yearly Increase in the
Required Number of Wves for Colonists
151+. Government Policy Towards the Crganizatiun of a Wonienis
Volunteer Army
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1. Fundamental Policies in the Economic Development of Manchuria
During the War
The fundamental policies laid down for economic development in
Ianchuria have, since the sudden outbreak of the Greater East nsia
War, taken into account `'the fact that I .anc1iur.a holds a special -
position as the nucleus of the Greater oast Asia Co-Prosperity
Sphere. The objective has been, therefore, to build it up as a
mainstay of the'Greater East Asia economic structure. By combining
this objective with the 'execution of the war and by guaranteeing a
supply of wartime emergency needs to Japan, we planned to establish
a mutually interdependent national defense and economic force fur the
defense of the North, which would reveal a'co-operative strength in
carrying the Greater East Asia-War to its successful conclusion,
To this end expansion of basic industries became- the fundamental
policy. We will s:;t up metal industries with the experience gained
in the past 10 years; we will emphasize-increased production of iron
and steel, light metals,, non-ferrous metals, coo l and electric power
at this time when the'raw materials ofthe'country should'be turned
into war strength.. Above all, the emergency increase in the produc-
tion of iron,-steel and light metals should be maintained in keeping
with the current war situation.
'In agriculture, to achieve self-sufficiency in-foodstuffs through-.
out Japan and 'Manchuria and to increase wartime emergency agricultural
production, we are carrying out plans to prepare emergency farming
land to meet the Cabinet's recent decision. By these. and other-general
measures we are planning P. great. increase in the supply of foodstuff s',
Since the results of these economic developments in Manchuria will
contribute greatly to't-he war potential of our country, the policies
which made them possible will give positive assistance to our country's
endeavors as well.
2. :economic Harmony Betweenn_Kwantun Leased'Territor.-and Ianchuria
Kwantung Leased Territory and iiarichur'ia are inseparable-in the
sphere of industrial economy.` Especially in the control of produc-
tion, finance, raw materials, etc., the two must be one unit:.,.::-:If
this were not true, the expected results could not be attained. In
all general administrative matters related to-production and economy
a close relationship is maintained, and everything is done in co-opera
tion. Fur example, although Kwantung Leased Territory and Manchuria
differ basically in administrative agencies and regulations:
1. In the movements of materials they plan and execute policies
as one agency.
2. Since 1939 in the handling of foreign exchange, they have
been operating together under an agency which is actually a Prov-
isional Exchange Bureau.
3. Since 191+0 they have used this Provisional- Exchange Bureau
as a Provisional Trade and Exchange Bureau, acting substaiatially as
one body in handling trade with Japan and China.
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generally issue like regulations and act_under similar.Policies..
The First Five-Year Plan and Its Results
.Although in the beginning, there--were numerous unexpected dif,-
ficulties, the First;-Five-Year Plan overcame them, and. the Plan
terminated in 1941.'.---
The Plan was put into effect in 1937 to-exploit the existing
resources which might be needed in time..'of .emergency,.to facili-
tate self-sufficiency in 1anchuria,, and to supply, the resources
which .were:. lacking :iii .Ja-,pan. However, soon after .the Plan was put
into effect, the Sino-Japanese War broke out, and the need for
forming a self-sufficient economic bloc, comprising Japan, kanchu-
ria and China, became increasingly urgent. Thus, lienchuria's im-
portance was multiplied. accordingly the First F.ive-Year Plan
was revised and expanded, and every effort was made to carry it out.
..?"Originelly the budget for the First Five-Year Plan was
2,$OO,000.,'000,.but this was revised to six billion yen. Unfortu-
nately, the 3ino-Japanese ;oar was unduly prolonged, hostilities:
began in the northern area, and then war broke out in Europe. Under
these circumstances the First Five-Year Plan met a great many
difficul.ti.es. The outbreak of hostilities between Soviet Russia
and Germany, the freezing of funds by emerica; the difficulty in
obtaining construction materials, and the :shortage of labor af-
fected the. successful completion of this plan..
However,, generally speaking, the results have been fairly
satisfact,ury. ,For example, result.-, of the final. year of the Plan
as compared to results of the first year show that coal and shale
oil production was doubled (mines operated by the South iianchuria
Railway Company Limited(*1) produced five times more), iron manu-
faeturin~ capacity was two-and--one-half times more, and lead and
zinc outputs were about four times and twelvQ times more, re-
spectively. L wland rice tripled in yield. ,.luminum, magnesium,
cupper,a.mmonium sulphate, hydro-electric power and liquid fuel
industries evolved.
The results of the First Five-Year Plan were as follows:
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(*1) Hereafter South i,