Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

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Japanese wartime propaganda concept World War II-era political project geopolitical bloc imperial political concept

The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was Imperial Japan’s World War II-era vision and political bloc for a Japan-led, self-sufficient Asian empire that in practice served as a framework for Japanese military expansion and domination.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere canonical	9
Imperial Japan	4
Axis powers sphere of influence	1
Co-Prosperity Sphere	1
Greater East Asia Conference	1
New Order in East Asia	1
World War II Japan	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese wartime propaganda concept ⓘ World War II-era political project ⓘ geopolitical bloc ⓘ imperial political concept ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Dai Tōa Kyōeiken ⓘ
characteristic	emphasized racial and cultural unity of Asians under Japanese leadership ⓘ functioned as a framework for Japanese domination ⓘ presented as a cooperative regional order ⓘ used extensively in wartime propaganda ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
deFactoControlBy	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
economicPolicy	forced labor systems ⓘ integration of occupied economies into Japanese war effort ⓘ resource extraction for Japan ⓘ
endCause	defeat of Japan in 1945 ⓘ
historicalAssessment	associated with wartime exploitation and atrocities ⓘ widely regarded as a cover for Japanese imperial expansion ⓘ
ideology	Japanese imperialism ⓘ Pan-Asianism ⓘ militarism ⓘ ultranationalism ⓘ
includedPlannedMember	British Malaya ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ surface form: Burma China ⓘ Dutch East Indies ⓘ French Indochina ⓘ Korean Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Korea Manchukuo ⓘ Pacific Mandate territories ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
languageOfName	Japanese ⓘ
nativeName	大東亜共栄圏 ⓘ
outcome	failed to achieve stated cooperative goals ⓘ
propagandaTheme	liberation of Asia from Western colonialism ⓘ mutual prosperity of Asian nations ⓘ
proposedBy	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ Government of Japan ⓘ surface form: Japanese government
purpose	create a self-sufficient economic bloc under Japanese control ⓘ establish Japanese leadership over East Asia and the Pacific ⓘ justify Japanese military expansion ⓘ replace Western colonial powers in Asia ⓘ
region	East Asia ⓘ Pacific Islands ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ parts of South Asia ⓘ
significantEvent	Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Greater East Asia Conference
significantEventTime	1943 ⓘ
slogan	Asia for Asians ⓘ
startTime	early 1940s ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manchukuo → partOf → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

Japanese colonial empire → partOf → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

this entity surface form: Axis powers sphere of influence

Bridgeport, Chicago → hasCulturalInstitution → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

this entity surface form: Co-Prosperity Sphere

Battle of Kohima → combatant → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

Allied strategic bombers → targetedCountry → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

Imperial Crown Style (National Diet Building) → associatedWith → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

Imperial Rule Assistance Association → usedSlogan → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

this entity surface form: New Order in East Asia

Imperial Rule Assistance Association → relatedEvent → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

Aichi Kokuki → era → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

this entity surface form: World War II Japan

Fumimaro Konoe → advocatedFor → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia → relatedTo → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

Syonan-to → propagandaTheme → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere → significantEvent → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Greater East Asia Conference

Light of the South → usedBy → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

this entity surface form: Imperial Japan

Japanese Hokushin-ron (Northern Expansion Doctrine) → relatedConcept → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

subject surface form: Hokushin-ron

Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine) → associatedWith → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

subject surface form: Japanese Nanshin-ron

Second Philippine Republic → foreignPolicyAlignment → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ

Taisei Yokusankai → supportedPolicy → Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ