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FC b7 Ce 2/28/24. Bere 7. GEVSRab JaPaAlese SIDUATICr, POLITICAL: 656 sores, includine 164 acreg of farm lands, owned by corporations orgenized exclusively by foreigners in Japan; 195 acres owned by fovrei-n individuals, including 20 Ansricans; 4-0 acres held under"pernetual lease” by 356 foreigner including 55 américans; 547 acres held in ti. form of superficies by 335 foreigners of whom 100 are americeans. a bs From thesa figures it is erperent thet even if Japan enacted @ lav denying Americans the richts of lease, "lease in perpetuity", end superficies, thet would hardly effect dmerican interest, and would, Moreover, & policy of recriminetion and retalistion es betweennetions is Lig:le to lead to a danverous situztion, and should by ell means be. avoided. It is far better and wiser to follow a poliey which is mu~ tually tolerant and reciprocally liberal, After all it is the sririt | of tolerence end accommodation which ensures peace among nations, as among individuals. The existing Japanese laws do not permit foreien indivicuals . persons enjoy this right. Foreien-| te own land, but foreign juridical . ers, whethar individuals or juridicel persons, may lease land of any They may also hold superficies, the rich description for fifty years. 3 | to use the surface of land, for unlimited periods. In addition they Sg exacte by advanced foreign goverments from the inexperienced Jepanese &u- | enjoy the extraordinery privilege of perpetual lease, which thorities when the country was opened to internations] intercourse. Whet 4s more extraordinary the foreigners pay mo tex on the im rove~ eee