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A patch is based on informations provided by a fonner fore the war was stationed in Tokyo, and who has proionged bussiness trip to the country. On April 28th the San Francisco Peace treaty having ene tered iifftoerce, Japan regained at least part of her sovercignitye On paper at least the country now has the free choice of its desta ‘nye It ig obvious that this is on paper, First of ali the presence of American forces én the Islands is a very important, if not dew cisive fact, Then the political changes in Asha have brought eco~ nomic elitinges of the first magnitude, with which Japan will have to cope, Furthermore the political changes in Japan, tue imposi= tion of completely alien system on tlie people is such, thet it can not last, Thus let it be said here at the beginning, tnat Jár pan, despite outward appearances, is in 8 state of flux end change which harbours-as yet terrible surprises for the West - af wey are cont inual/iy overlooked as seems to be the polity at presente , The vizst and basic misteke of the West is, that they bős cerely, that the treaty of San Francisco is of such unpre ed pendrosity, that it will assure America the lasting gras of the Japanese, This is not soe The treaty is not cene=...,hide, logically, it gave Japan back part of her sovereigni- . ty, thig is uot accepted with gratitude, since it is something that alvays,“napveng, Tervitorially it is not generous, since even the arch-japanese Ryukyu and Bonin Islands were taken by the wealthy U.S< from the impoverished and overpopulated Japan, This is felt thé more, since the demographical pressure on the country is be éoning unbearable, In 1945 Japen had a population of 7294 milli« ons, With the forced repatriations and the increase this same po pulation has risen to 8453 millions in 1951, The density of popus lation is today on paper toe one of Hollands; it is in fact much worse since only 16% of the country's mountainous grounds can be used for agriculture, Thus, despite the ineredibly low rete of consumption end. the intensity of the Japanese agricultural work, over 20% of the food requirements of the country must be imported, and this percentage is bound to rise in the future, The only thing which cam be calle¢ generous is the right given to Japan to fer ij Sill, at a time when Japanese clearly fel ka that this ; ] : 3 1 7 § ja F i } rig 5 3 , j since it was given 10 =
