Circle block

Japanese: 円ブロック - えんぶろっく
Circle block

A region that adopted a currency system linked to the yen and used the yen as a settlement currency. During the global depression of the 1930s, several exclusive economic blocs were created that included the mother country and its colonies. Japan caused the Manchurian Incident in 1931 (Showa 6), and expanded its influence to Manchuria (northeast China), Mengjiang, North China, Central China, and the southern regions with the start of the Pacific War. In these regions, the currencies that had been in circulation up until then were driven out, and new currencies linked to the yen were created. These included Manchurian Central Bank notes, Mengjiang Bank notes, and the United Reserve Bank of China notes. Settlements with these regions could be made in yen, without gold or foreign currency. The yen bloc collapsed with Japan's defeat in World War II.

[Tsuchiya Rokuro]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

円にリンクした通貨制度を採用し、円が決済通貨として通用した地域。1930年代の世界的不況期には、本国とその植民地を包括する排他的なブロック経済圏がいくつか生まれた。日本は1931年(昭和6)に満州事変を起こし、満州(中国東北)、蒙疆(もうきょう)、華北、華中、そして太平洋戦争開始とともに南方地域にまで勢力を拡大した。これらの地域ではそれまで流通していた通貨は駆逐され、円にリンクした新しい通貨が創設された。満州中央銀行券、蒙疆銀行券、中国連合準備銀行券などがそれである。これらの地域との決済は、金や外貨によらずに円で決済できた。第二次世界大戦の敗戦により円ブロックは崩壊した。

[土屋六郎]

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