Japan will be opened to private trade on August 15. So the War Department announced this week. But trade will be small at first. Only 400 businessmen will be admitted into Japan, under allocations to the Allied Nations by the Inter-Allied Trade Board of the Far Eastern Commission in Washington. And SCAP must approve the traders. To make sure that businessmen already in Japan do not jump the gun, no deals can be made until September 1.
Hotel accommodations, transportation, communications, etc. will be handled by the Japanese, though traders must pay for them. Businessmen will be able to travel...
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