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The article focuses on the adverse effect on Japan's slow economy to the mining industry in Australia. It mentions the 20% decline of the Japanese commitment with Australian iron ore and copper shipment. In addition, the said reduction has affected the operation of the Australian mining industry. Furthermore, the slump's impact on finances is also mentioned.

The article reports that a delegation to Tokyo, Japan, led by Australian Prime Minister E. Gough Whitlam, will explain the controversial policies toward foreign investment in the mineral resources of Australia. Whitlam explains to the Japanese government that the Australian government would control or even ban foreign investment in key materials such as oil and iron ore. However, he open a way for Japanese-Australian cooperation in some sensitive areas such as uranium and gas.

It is opined that the great victory won by Woodrow Wilson, President of the U.S., in compelling Japan, Australia, and England to accept the mandatory system will be a Pyrrhic one if the duties and powers of the mandatory are not clearly defined. Wilson is shouldering tasks no other man has essayed. His defects and errors must be borne with and the world must be as patient as possible, particularly the U.S. and sorely tried France. The French may be right that it would have been better to decide Germany's fate at once and then settle down to a slow and careful creation of new world machinery. But Wilson is doing what seems best to him.

The article focuses on Japan's trading relations with Alaska as of November 15, 1969. Topics addressed include Alaska exporting its natural resources to Japan and Japanese companies investing in Alaska. Special attention is also paid to Russia, Australia, Europe and Canada conducting business with Japan.

The article presents news briefs related to inflation. There has been no improvement in the tortuous course of world money exchange. And there is nothing in sight that might lead to stability. Prices are literally bounding upward in every country in the East Asian region. Japan's wholesale price index has gone up every month for about a year. It is equally inflationary outside Japan and in Taiwan, the wholesale price index has gone up more than 11 percent since the beginning of the year 1973. An inflation rate of 12 percent is being predicted by the Associated Chambers of Manufacturers in Australia. The U.S. dollar has suffered a spectacular fall from grace in terms of the free price of gold that is still regarded as trustworthy.