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Gold Export Ban

Japan · Government / Government of Japan. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1931Date range
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Chronological records

1931

Korekiyo Takahashi13 December 1931

Tokyo · Government / Government of Japan

Takahashi immediately reimposes the gold export ban, ending Japan's brief return to the interwar gold standard and allowing the yen to depreciate.

Names involved

Korekiyo Takahashi

Provenance

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