Hirohide Ishida, Japan's Labor Minister, says his nation's shortage of workers can be settled by a redistribution of the labor force and by shifts in industrial activity. The 50-year-old minister made his remarks in an interview with The Associated Press. Other Asian nations are plaqued by hunger, lack of industry and fear of being overrun by Communist China.

Photo is dated 1965.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.