TY - BOOK ID - 85674704 TI - World War II Singapore : The Chōsabu reports on Syonan AU - Huff, Gregg AU - Majima, Shinobu PY - 2018 SN - 9789814722629 9814722626 9813250291 PB - Singapore NUS Press DB - UniCat KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Singapore KW - Ciṅkappūr KW - Colony of Singapore KW - Garden City KW - Hsin-chia-pʻo KW - Lion City KW - Red Dot KW - Republic of Singapore KW - Republik Singapura KW - Singapore City (Singapore) KW - Singapore Colony KW - Singapore (Singapore) KW - Singapour KW - Singapur KW - Singapura KW - Singkhapō KW - Tumasik (Singapore) KW - Xinjiapo KW - Xinjiapo gong he guo KW - Xinjiapo Gongheguo KW - 新加坡 KW - 新加坡共和国 KW - Syonan-to KW - History KW - Economic conditions KW - Social conditions KW - J3388 KW - Japan: History -- Gendai, modern -- Shōwa period -- World War II -- Pacific war (1941-1945) KW - S31/0450 KW - Indo China and South East Asia--Singapore KW - Singapoer KW - سنغافورة KW - Sanghāfūrah KW - Singhāfūrah KW - Sinqapur KW - Sin-ka-pho KW - Сінгапур KW - Sinhapur KW - Сингапур KW - Singgapura KW - Σιγκαπούρη KW - Sinkapoyrē KW - Singapuro KW - Singapul KW - Sinngapuur KW - Singeapór KW - 싱가포르 KW - Singgap'orŭ KW - Singafora KW - Sinapoa KW - סינגפור KW - Singapuri KW - Sengapou KW - Singapūras KW - Singapūro Respublika KW - Scingapô KW - Szingapúr KW - Singaporo KW - Hingapoa KW - シンガポール KW - Shingapōru UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85674704 AB - During World War II, the Japanese government created a research bureau, the Chōsabu, to study occupied Singapore. The bureau's reports on Singapore's economy and society, reproduced here in translation, covered population and living standards, prices, wages, currency and inflation, rationing, labour usage, food production and supply, and industrialization. Syonan's military and civilian administrators drew on Chōsabu research in formulating social and economic policy. The research takes on added importance because the Japanese destroyed most records of their wartime administration. That leaves the Chōsabu reports as one of the few first-hand Japanese sources to have survived the war. The translation allows a fuller understanding of the impact of the war and occupation than hitherto possible. Introductory chapters by the editors analyse the reports in light of wartime events in Singapore and Japanese occupation policies, and discuss the Chōsabu authors and their place in the history of Japanese economic thought. ER -