日本の戦時食糧問題と東アジア穀物貿易 : 日中戦争勃発前後の米・小麦(2001年度シンポジウム 日本における対外依存的穀物需給構造の形成・展開・再編)

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The theme of this article is to clarify the fact that Japan depended on the foreign countries for food by researching the grain trades between various areas in and around the East Asia. Researching areas are Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Manchuria (Northeast China), China (North, Central, and South China), and North America (USA and Canada) and Australia. North America and Australia were the main exporting areas of wheat and wheat flour to the East Asia. The colonies supplied rice for Japan, and the rice trade between Japan and its colonies was a part of the grain trades in the East Asia. Besides, the East Asia such as Japan and China depended on North America and Australia for wheat and wheat flour since 1920's. In 1937 the outbreak of Japan-China War cut off the import of wheat and wheat flour from North America and Australia, and disturbed the grain trades in the East Asia. The fact that Japan depended for rice on the foreign countries changed fundamentally at the wartime, and its food situation fell into a crisis.