The Japanese electric power industry is operated as a semi-governmental monopoly through national policy companies. These companies are owned privately, principally by the old public utility companies, but are very strictly supervised by the...
The purpose of this report is to present all available significant aspects of the petroleum economy and facilities of the island of Formosa (Taiwan), part of the Empire of Japan. The facts and figures are limited by lack of official statistics...
Information contained in this Civil Affairs document includes the following topics: Japanese objectives, problems, and methods (problem of Thailand's independence); military controls (seizing and forms of control); political control (Japanese-Thai...
This Civil Affairs handbook describes the main branches of industry of Japan- these include textiles, metals and metal products, chemical industry, coal and petroleum, processed foodstuffs, clay products, timber industry, and printing and binding;...
Contains a comprehensive description and evaluation of the Japanese capacity to wage chemical warfare. Comparisons of knowledge, techniques, materiel and procedures to those of the United States on the subject.
This report outlines the production of Japanese chemical warfare supplies, both offensive and defensive. Methods of manufacture are briefly discussed in the respective sections of the report. Tables giving the best available production figures on...
This is a study of Japanese government organization for waging war, particularly to consider the degree of cooperation that existed between components of the Japanese armed forces, and between them and other governmental agencies. Also discussed...
In mineral resources, Japan's position was very poor, and the country became more dependent upon outside sources of supply for most raw materials at the outbreak of the war. This handbook on Japan's natural resources includes information on forest...
History provides many examples of tension between operational and tactical commanders. Not all of these conflicts can be dismissed as matters of personality or competency. An alternative explanation is that the distinct perspectives of those...
This study traces the development of Japan's administrative program, analyses the salient aspects of Japanese military control, outlines the major governmental and economic problems which confront the civilian Burmese administration, and evaluates...
This Civil Affairs document describes the employment conditions and exchanges, wages/hours/working conditions, labor legislation and policies, labor and employers' organizations, industrial relations, cooperative movement, and social insurance in...
This is a document on communications in Japan. Part one discusses radio- the radio telegraph, radio telephone, radio broadcasting, radio telephoto, and television. Wire communications follows which adds information regarding the telegraph,...
The following report is divided into three principal sections, dealing with (A) background information, (B) money and credit institutions in1941, and (C) wartime developments. Section A reviews briefly the development of currency and financial...
This Civil Affairs document on education in Japan addresses the importance of the activities of the Department of Education and administrative machinery. The first section addresses the control and indoctrination of youth, shaping of education to...
United States Army Forces, Pacific, Office of the Commander-in-Chief
Psychological warfare against the Japanese homeland was conducted by the various United States and Allied commands which engaged the enemy forces in the Pacific and by other governmental agencies in the United States. This report looks at the...
The methodology for this research paper will be a comparison analysis of the strategic deployment process. The focus will be on a comparison of the procedures and current doctrine for strategic airlift debarkation operations in relation to doctrine...
This monograph attempts to answer the following question: Should field artillery be used as a counterinsurgency weapon? The monograph first defines the terms insurgency, counterinsurgency, and artillery fire support, and explains the three phases...