The affoot of rationalintion in Japaneso cool industry

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THE OFFECT OF RATIONALISATION IN THE TiPANESE COAL TIDUSmy

isinhua of Doecem 9th carried a report from its Tokyo correspondent which described the effect of the 'rationalisation' cf the coal industry in Japan, Thia policy. has baan enforced of a roonit of U.S) siumping of :oil_in Japan which has hit the coal industry hard, A largo mmber of mall -nd nedium sized pits have been closed, Labour intensity hac boon drastically reiced with the avorage monthly quota of cach worker incroased from 14 to 38.8 tons. The result being thst in the space of less than one year noarly 50,000 coal miners have been lsid off. iost of thoes:.workors have an unable to find work and many of thone who did find terk did so only a camal basis. In the coal. city of Takawa, Kyushu, for instance, 20) of tho total. population subsist only on doles