American Foreign Policy and the Peasant and Soldier in Japan

The most salient aspect of this conflict is to be found in the sharply unequal distribution of wealth. The Japanese Department of Finance has estimated that families owning less than $500 worth of property or with an annual income of less than $400, comprise 84.6 per cent of the population. Whether factory workers, small merchants, or farmers, these people own a relatively small share of Japan's national wealth. The political consequences of this distribution of wealth are illustrated by the fact that the excises and indirect taxes, which are paid by all consumers, contribute 57 per cent of the national budget, while only 43 per cent is paid through taxes on various forms of income and

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