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Gold Export Embargo

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

2Records
1917–1931Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1917

Masatake Terauchi1917

Tokyo · Government / Government of Japan

Japan prohibits gold exports as wartime demand places pressure on its monetary reserves.

1931

Korekiyo Takahashi13 December 1931

Tokyo · Government / Government of Japan

Takahashi immediately restores the gold export embargo and frees the yen from its overvalued parity.

Names involved

Korekiyo TakahashiMasatake Terauchi

Provenance

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