Japan's Economic Advance into Singapore 1870-1965
by
Hitoshi Hirakawa, Hiroshi Shimizu
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 1999
This pioneering work examines Japan's economic activities in Singapore from 1870 to 1965. Drawing upon a wide range of published and unpublished sources, the authors shed new light on issues such as:* prostitution* foreign trade by Kobe's overseas Chinese* fishermen in the inter-war period* Japanese economic activities during the Pacific War* Japan