A Table of the Wartime Economic Structure
| Purposes | Governmental Steps | Legal Measures |
|---|---|---|
| Meeting war expenses (7,400 million yen). | Bond issues (6,700 million yen);<br>Encouragement of savings;<br>Tax increases (400 million yen);<br>Transfers from special accounts (100 million yen). | |
| Augmentation in production of munition materials. | Expansion of national productive power (principally in mining and heavy industries). | The Temporary Capital Adjustment Law;<br>Iron Industry Law;<br>Oil Industry Law;<br>Law Concerning Artificial Petroleum Industry;<br>Law Concerning Development of Petroleum Resources;<br>Law for Increasing Production of Important Minerals;<br>Airplane Industry Law;<br>Automobile Manufacturing Industry Law;<br>Constructional Machinery Industry Law. |
| Maintenance and improvement of international balance of payments. | Trade control;<br>Foreign Exchange control. | Foreign Exchange Law;<br>Law Regarding Temporary Measures Concerning Imports and Exports;<br>Temporary Import and Export Permit Regulations. |
| Purposes | Governmental Steps | Legal Measures |
|---|---|---|
| Increasing the nation's power to import goods: maintenance of foreign exchange and the international value of currency. | Promotion of export businesses;<br>Foreign Exchange Fund system;<br>Link system;<br>Utilization of bonded factories;<br>System to advance export funds;<br>Increase of receipts in invisible trade;<br>Encouragement of gold production; concentration of gold with the Government;<br>Regulations against profiteering. | Exchange Control Law;<br>Gold Production Law;<br>Law Concerning the Japan Gold Production Company, Limited;<br>Regulation restricting the use of gold; |
| Restraining rises in commodity prices: stabilization of the living conditions of the people. | Price restraining;<br>Price Commission;<br>Price Adjustment Commission;<br>Standard Maximum Price system;<br>Official Price system;<br>Net Price system;<br>Economic Police system. | Ordinance Controlling Profiteering;<br>Law Regarding Temporary Measures Concerning Imports and Exports;<br>Ordinance Concerning Price Commission;<br>Ordinance Concerning Price Adjustment Commission;<br>Regulation on prices of:—cotton yarn sales; woolen yarn sales; staple fibre and staple fibre yarn sales; and rayon yarn sales;<br>Measure relating to fixing of leather and hide sales prices under the provisions of Article 9 of the Leather Distribution Control Regulation. |
| Relief to the unemployed and persons who have been forced to suspend businesses on account of restriction on importation and use of goods. | Relief measures for persons who have been forced to change their occupations;<br>Unemployment relief measures;<br>State management of employment offices. | |
| Replinishment of labour supply required for production of war materials. | Restriction on employment of school graduates;<br>Training of skilled workers. | Article 6 of the National General Mobilization Law. |
| Purposes | Governmental Steps | Legal Measures |
|---|---|---|
| Safeguarding adequate supply of military materials. | Restriction on, and prohibition of use of goods;<br>Control of distribution of goods;<br>Enforcement of above by Economic Police.<br>Encouragement of use of substitute materials;<br>Subsidy for manufacture of substitute materials;<br>Encouragement of reform of the people's way of living. | Law Regarding Temporary Measures Concerning Imports and Exports—Ordinance Relative to the Council on Adjustment of Supply and Demand; regulations concerning the investigation of volumes of important materials in stock;<br>Coal——regulations for controlling distribution of coal;<br>Liquid Fuels — regulations governing sales of volatile and heavy oils;<br>Iron and Steel—permit system against erection of iron and steel structures; regulation restricting manufacture of steel goods; regulation restricting manufacture of pig iron castings; regulation controlling distribution of iron and steel.<br>Cotton — measure regarding restriction on manufacture of cotton goods, on sales of cotton goods and on processing of cotton goods; regulation controlling distribution of cotton yarn; regulation controlling distribution of cotton goods;<br>Non-ferrous metals—regulation regarding restriction on use of copper, platinum, lead, zinc, tin, etc.;<br>Machinery — regulation restricting supply of constructional machinery;<br>Leather—regulation restricting use of leather and hides; regulation controlling distribution of leather and hides;<br>Rubber—measures restricting use of rubber; measure restricting sales of rubber shoes and boots; regulation controlling distribution of rubber;<br>Lumber—regulation on sale of Oregon pine. |