Chapter IV: SECRET OF JAPAN'S COMMERCIAL EXPANSION / 19
(1) Rationalisation / 19
(2) Increase of Efficiency and Reduction of Costs / 25
(A) General Outlook / 25
(B) Cotton Spinning and Weaving / 26
Comparison of the Japanese and the English Cotton Industries / 33
Outline of Dr.Kojima's Study / 35
(C) Coal Mining / 37
(D) Artificial Silk / 38
(E) Railway Work Shops / 39
(F) Chinaware / 45
(3) Superior Nature of Japanese Labour and Workmanship / 46
(4) Characteristics of the Japanese Workman / 49
Being Industrious / 49
Being Competitive / 50
Being Studious / 52
Being Dexterous / 54
Love of Nature / 55
Chapter V: CONDITIONS OF LABOUR IN JAPAN / 56
(1) General Outlook / 56
(2) Special Factors in Japanese Conditions of Labour. / 61
1. Population and Resources / 61
2. Difference in the Mode of Living / 66
3. Short Duration of Employment / 66
4. Family System and Welfare Work / 67
5. Mistake of Converting Japanese Wages at Current Exchange Rates / 68
6. Intensification of Labour and Seasonal Labour. / 69
(3) Working Hours and Rest Days / 70
Hours of Work / 70
Rest Days / 72
(4) Wages and Cost of Living / 73
Nominal Wages / 73
Cost of Living and Real Wages / 74
Supplementary Wages / 83
(5) Welfare Work / 86
Introductory / 86
1. Allowances / 90
2. Living Quarters and Dormitories / 95
3. Health and Medical Attention / 96
4. Supply of Articles / 97
5. Education / 99
6. Culture,Recreation and Amusement / 100
7. Welfare Funds / 102
Chapter VI: WORKERS' STANDARD OF LIVING / 104
(1) Difference in the Mode of Living / 104
(2) Workers' Standard of Living / 112
Savings / 116
Chapter VII: CONCLUSION / 117
APPENDIX: Full Text of the Preliminary Report on the Mission of Mr.F.Maruette,(Assistant Director of the International Labour Office)to Japan-April 3rd to 21st,1934.Published at Geneva on June 1,1934 / 121
PICTORIAL SECTION: (Sixty‐Five photographs)
1. Interior of a silk filature.
2. Elimination of one process in cotton spinning.
3. Individual driven motor in cotton spinning.
4. Two votive stone lanterns in the shrine of the patron gods of a factory.
5. Chuisho bako.
6-10. Steam locomotive overhaul at Ōmiya Works.
11-26. Life in dormitories.
27-36. Education in dormitories.
37-49. Physical culture.
50-55. Workers'clubs.
56-60. Medical attention.
61-65. Annual or semi‐annual events.
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The secret of Japan's trade expansion, by Isoshi Asahi
