1937 Philippine Year Book Japanese Edition Manila Pre-WWII Japanese Community
This item is the “Philippine Year Book – Japanese Edition (1937)”. Edited by Jun-ichi Otani and published in Manila. This large-format yearbook documents the Japanese community and economic activities in the Philippines immediately before World War II, during a period when Japan was expanding its overseas presence in Southeast Asia. Rather than being a military publication, this book focuses on civilian life and infrastructure, including. Japanese residents and communities. Commerce, trade, and industry. Population statistics and education. Medical and social institutions. Ports, transportation, and urban development. Period photographs and detailed statistical tables. Published in 1937 (Showa 12), just as the Second Sino-Japanese War began, this volume captures the pre-war reality of Japanese overseas society, before large-scale military occupation in the South. Because it was produced locally in Manila and written in Japanese, it serves as a primary historical source for researchers and collectors interested in. Philippine economic and social history. Japanese colonial and expansion-era studies. Asian trade networks before the Pacific War. The book comes with its original outer paper case. There is visible age wear, foxing, stains, and edge damage consistent with pre-war publications, but the contents remain readable and complete. This is not propaganda, but a rare civilian record of Japanese overseas life on the eve of major historical change. Approximate 7-21days(To USA).
