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...Nakago has 2,900 souls," added the wiry, greying little mayor, "and one-fifth of them would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: IN RURAL JAPAN | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

...village of Nakago, a bluff old man with a Dewey mustache said: "The food is not good now-but still people do not die off. Will the peace conference let Japanese migrate abroad? As things stand now, there seems nothing to do but go somewhere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: IN RURAL JAPAN | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

...Nakago's five square miles contain eleven hamlets scattered between the stray, stony ridges of fingerlike hills that protrude above its low-lying rice paddies. Nearly half Nakago's area can be cultivated and its families own an average of almost three acres. The wealthiest villager had 97 acres before land reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: IN RURAL JAPAN | 2/21/1949 | See Source »

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