The Rural Economy of Japan

Abstract

Japan still mainly rural. — Her agricultural resources, nevertheless, small, 547. — Extent of ownership and tenantry, 548. — Highly intensive cultivation, 550. — The uncertainties of the two main crops, silk and rice, 551. — Rural incomes and standards of living, 554. — Arduous labor, 558. — Social conditions, 563. — Relation of the rural situation to the larger problems of Japan, 566. — Gradual change in the peasantry from former docility and submission, 567. — Relations of landowners and tenants, 571. — Possibilities of the future, 577.