In this paper, I attempt to examine the changes in peasantry movement and landlord-tenant relationships in chosun bollowing the tenant legislation of ‘Tenancy Arbitiration Law’ (1933), and ‘Farmland Law’ (1934), by a case study of Jeonbuk province.
The conclusion is as follows: Firstly, after the enforcement of the ‘Tenancy Arbitiration Law’ tenancy disputes increased rapidly. Most of them demanded for change and economic betterment. Also the tenants who couldn't improve their lives took advantage of the law actively. In this regard, K. Asata and others' assertion is irrelevant which ascribes the general characteristics of peasntry movement in the period to the anti-Japanese Imperialism movement. Because on enactment of the law, the trend of tenancy disputes in search for the tenant's economic interests was contained within the range of a legal order. As a result the tenancy disputes increased rapidly in the late of 1930's. Thirdly, the ‘Farmland Law’ was prescribed for landlord-tenant relationship. In the operation process of Act, it restricted landlord's interests such that it became nesessary for landlords to change the contract term of tenancy arbitratedly. Nevertheless landlords could in practice, levy high rate of rent, owing to a loop-holes in the legislation. This means that the enactment of tenancy legislation, on the one hand, protected tenant farmers' cultivating rights in for landlords contract, but on the other hand guarantegd favorable rent.
From this analysis, it is argued that the policy didn't essentially intend to destory the land-tenant system. The reconciled peasantry movement by the law aimed at uniting landlords and tenants through integration. This led to the formation of Japanese Fascism. At the same time, ‘Agrarian Reorgarnization Movement’ was tied up with Japanese Fascism Movement in Chosun.

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The objectives of this paper are to clarify the input-output structure in the rice growing area in Australia and to measure the economic impacts of the rice growing on the regional economy as a whole.
More than 90% of the total rice growing in Australia has concentrated in the Riverina area of New South Wales. Moreover, the substantial percentage of the rice production has been exported.
The methodology used is the Input-Output analysis on the rice growing area of New South Wales state in Australia. This regional Input-Output table consists of 21 endogenous sectors and 3 exogenous sectors.
Influence coefficients are high in the rice distribution sector (1.449), rice milling & processing sector (1.415) and low in the irrigation water sector (0.865), rice research & extension sector (0.867).
Response coefficients are high in the transportation & communication sector (1.826) and trade sector (1.355) and low in the rice distribution sector (0.778) and rice research & extension sector (0.780).
Multiplier effects per unit sale of the rice industry on the output, income and employment are 1.642, 0.495 and 0.019 respectively.
Coefficient of production induced by final demands is 1.347 for all industries in the region.
The 10% increase in the rice export induces 1.6% growth of the regional gross products.

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Economic roles of central wholesale markets in local areas have been increased since the middle 1960's. This paper aims to clarify (1) establishment effects of central wholesale market on the production areas of the locality and (2) causal factors, taking Nara prefecture as a case. Transaction data of the central wholesale market and shipping behavior of tomato production areas are analyzed.
The major findings are as follows:
(1) Under the trend of increase in wholesale quantity in Nara Prefecture the share of central wholesale market has been enlarged year by year.
(2) The weight of distribution to Nara Prefecture has become higher in coincidence with the decrease to other prefectures.
(3) The resultant reorganization of market dealers has improved the marketing situation for local producers.
(4) Shipping to Nara prefectural central wholesale market provides different benefits to different types of producers living in Nara prefecture. Some producers have changed their shipping markets. Consequently the relative weight of product distribution has changed.

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