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THE Japanese have lost no time in examining the resources of the new ‘independent’ kingdom of Manchoukuo, and in October and November of 1934 were published in Tokyo the early sections of a report upon the first Japanese scientific expedition to the country, which carried out exploration work with the aid of motor transport and some aeroplane reconnaissance during the period June to October 1933. Under the leadership of the geologist, Prof. Shigeyasu Tokunaga, of Waseda University, thirteen scientific workers representing geography, botany, zoology and anthropology were dispatched from Japan, largely through the influence of Viscount Toki, Vice-Parliamentary Secretary of the War Office. Never before has a scientific expedition been dispatched abroad from Japan on so big a scale.
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A Japanese Scientific Expedition to Manchoukuo. Nature 135, 479–480 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135479b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/135479b0