But during the five years of "special rationing" the overseas Chinese community in Japan did suffer from a "provincial complex" that other overseas Chinese communities have been free from. During the Japanese occupation, many Taiwanese were recruited to Japanto mine coal or work in factories, and the children of some well-to-do families went there to study.
一百多家商家在民國六十一年組成「中華街發展委員會」，主動配合著橫濱市政府整頓下水道，使它特別適用於餐廳業排水；舉行講習，教大家如何嚴格管理食品衛生。