Vol. 75, No. 4 | Subject | Title: Subtitle | Writer | Page | Article | The grain distribution system in China under a planned economy![](../../../jp/image/ese.gif) | Shiho MATSUMURA | 3 | Article | Economic development and labour supply in underdeveloped regions: employment of domestic servants in northern Akita prefecture, Japan, 1910–1924![](../../../jp/image/ese.gif) | Masahiro OGIYAMA | | Article | Civil servants of Tokyo city government in the late Meiji era: an analysis of personnel management![](../../../jp/image/ese.gif) | Tomoyasu KATO | | Article | Development of the local silk industry during the interwar period and the industrial experiment station: Gunnai region, Yamanashi prefecture![](../../../jp/image/ese.gif) | Michihiko SUZUKI | | |