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One of the enduring impressions of the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines, particularly in Manila and other cities, is the shortage of food. Rice and other basic foodstuffs became increasingly difficult to find, and when food was available it was often at prices that ordinary people could not afford. This chapter examines various production and distribution plans evolved during the Japanese occupation, and discusses the reasons for their lack of success.
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Buencamino, ‘Manila Under the Japanese’, BAHC, 7, 3: 11–15; 6th PHCAR, p. 102; Yomiuri Shimbun interview with Taichi Uzaki, Shôwa Shi no Tennô, vol. 11, p. 30; Tribune, 10–14, 15, 23 Jan. 1942.
Mutsuo Sumeragi, Ruson Sen to Finpinjin (Tokyo: Rakuyu Shobo, 1981), pp. 48–50; interview with Sumeragi, 21 May 1993.
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Jose, R.T. (1998). Food Production and Food Distribution Programmes in the Philippines during the Japanese Occupation. In: Kratoska, P.H. (eds) Food Supplies and the Japanese Occupation in South-East Asia. Studies in the Economies of East and South-East Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26937-2_4
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