Hitoshi Hirakawa & Hiroshi Shimizu 
Japan and Singapore in the World Economy [PDF ebook] 
Japan’s Economic Advance into Singapore 1870-1965

This pioneering work examines Japan’s economic activities in Singapore from 1870 to 1965. Drawing upon a wide range of published and unpublished sources, the authors shed new light on issues such as:* prostitution* foreign trade by Kobe’s overseas Chinese* fishermen in the inter-war period* Japanese economic activities during the Pacific War* Japanese involvement in Singapore’s post-war industrialisation plan* the Lee Kuan Yew regimes policy towards Japan* the 1960s Japanese investment boom This important work challenges commonly-held views on Japan’s economic advance into Southeast Asia in general and Singapore in particular.