The Pittsburgh Press (April 20, 1941)
TOKYO’S NOW RATED SECOND LARGEST CITY
Tokyo, April 19 (UP) –
The population of the Japanese Empire, on the basis of the census of Oct. 1, 1940, is 105,226,101, the newspaper Nichi Nichi said today.
The figures show an increase of 6,292,000 over the 1935 census, but the rate of increase has declined from 8.2% to 6.5% because of the Chinese-Japanese conflict, the newspaper said.
The government must take adequate measures to assure larger families by encouraging earlier marriages and greater protection for mothers, Nichi Nichi believed.
Tokyo’s population is now 6,778,804, “making it the second largest city in the world.”
Population figures:
| Japan proper | 73,114,308 |
| Korea | 24,326,327 |
| Taiwan | 5,872,084 |
| Karafuto | 414,891 |
| Kwantung Leased Territory | 1,367,334 |
| South Seas Mandate | 131,157 |
Tokyo’s population in the last census, 1935, was 5,857,667.