NOT SWEATED
(Press Assn.-
japanese industby wages comparatively as high as in europe MANY UNEMPLOYED
— By Telegraph— Copyright).
Rec. 7 p.m. Loiiddh, Sept. 21. Mr, S. Matsudaira, Japanese Ambassadoi* to London, in the course of aii inteiwiew, said that althoxigh wages iii Japaii were low by coniparisori with those in Europe, it was most iixacchrhte to speak of Japanese- laboux* as "sweated." Moixey in Japan had a higher purchasing power and the workers were able to live in the same comfort as Western operators. Regarding the supposed hoycott of Indian cotton goods by Japaix and the depfeciation of the yen, he said it must be remembered that the in-ci-easing costs of Japanese mahufacture wex*e compelling a continual balancing of the incom'ings and outgoings. The fact that there were many unemployed in Japan necessitated access to foreign markets, but Lancashire was in the same predicament so that the situation was complicated pending an agreement to'be made in London probably after Christmas.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 643, 22 September 1933, Page 5
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