Abstract
The total acreage of the land reclaimed in Japan during the period of 1945-63 was 530, 000ha, and 69.2% of it was reclaimed by settlers, 135, 000 in number, who have moved into the reclaimed land, and the rest by farmers, 994, 000 in number, who have increased their cultivating land by reclamation. Both in acreage of the land reclaimed and in number of settler, Hokkaido and Tohoku districts are distinguished comparing with other districts. It was noteworthy that the farming of commercial crops developed in reclaimed land of these two districts in recent years. Such crops are the rice, some fruits and dairy farming. The trend to commercial crops accelerated the rearrangement of the Japanese agricultural regions.
