the agricultural research group, like the government research group, worked with its section of the planning staff so completely that little distinction is possible. it spent considerable time studying the fruit and vegetable production of japan, the forests and forest products of japan, and undertook a classified study of food supplies and agriculture on the east china coast. the east china coast study included such items as problems of an adequate supply of protein foods, problems of administration, food storage, currency, price control, rationing, etc.