Abstract
To the Editor: —The following statistics have been derived from a recent official publication on the vital statistics of Japan. They reemphasize the statement frequently made that the cancer death rate of Japan is gradually approaching that of European countries. It is significant, however, that the rate should be practically the same for males and females, but for cancer of the stomach and liver the rate was decidedly higher. Of particular interest is the very low mortality from cancer of the female breast, which is about one eighth of the rate prevailing in this country, England and Wales. I have fortunately had occasion to point out that no exhaustive study has ever been made to explain the low relative incidence of cancer of the female breast in the Japanese population. Much the same condition prevails in the Hawaiian Islands and among the Japanese on the Pacific Coast. Of considerable importance
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