South Seas Mandate

E166808

Japanese colonial territory League of Nations mandate

The South Seas Mandate was a former League of Nations mandate administered by Japan after World War I, comprising several Pacific islands that later became strategically important in World War II.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
South Seas Mandate canonical	11
South Seas Government	1
South Seas Mandate of Japan	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese colonial territory ⓘ League of Nations mandate ⓘ
adminCenter	Koror ⓘ surface form: Koror, Palau
administeredBy	Nan’yō Government ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Nan’yō Government ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nan’yō Chō ⓘ South Seas Mandate ⓘ surface form: South Seas Government
capital	Chuuk State ⓘ surface form: Chuuk Jaluit Atoll ⓘ surface form: Jaluit Koror Island ⓘ surface form: Koror
contains	Caroline Islands ⓘ Chuuk State ⓘ surface form: Chuuk Islands Kosrae State ⓘ surface form: Kosrae Marshall Islands ⓘ Nauru (partly, with other powers) ⓘ Northern Mariana Islands ⓘ Palau ⓘ Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ surface form: Pohnpei Yap Islands ⓘ
createdBy	League of Nations ⓘ
demilitarizationClause	formally prohibited fortifications under mandate terms ⓘ
economicActivity	copra production ⓘ phosphate mining ⓘ sugar cultivation ⓘ
endCause	establishment of United Nations trusteeship system ⓘ
endTime	1947 ⓘ
establishedAfter	World War I ⓘ
formerTerritoryOf	Germany ⓘ
governedFrom	Tokyo ⓘ
historicalEra	Interwar period ⓘ World War II ⓘ
languageUsed	Japanese ⓘ local Micronesian languages ⓘ
legalStatus	Class C mandate ⓘ
locatedIn	Micronesia ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
officialName	Japanese South Pacific Mandate ⓘ surface form: South Pacific Mandate
population	mostly Micronesian peoples ⓘ
predecessor	German New Guinea ⓘ German colonial empire in the Pacific ⓘ
sovereignState	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
startTime	1919 ⓘ 28 June 1919 ⓘ
strategicImportance	major Japanese naval and air bases in World War II ⓘ
successor	Territory of New Guinea ⓘ Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
usedFor	Japanese southward expansion ⓘ military fortifications before World War II ⓘ
violatedBy	secret Japanese rearmament and base construction ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Japanese colonial empire → hasPart → South Seas Mandate ⓘ

United Nations Trust Territory → precededBy → South Seas Mandate ⓘ

Wotje Atoll → wasPartOf → South Seas Mandate ⓘ

Enewetak Atoll → preWarMandate → South Seas Mandate ⓘ

South Seas Mandate → alsoKnownAs → South Seas Mandate ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Seas Government

Bailey Olter → placeOfBirth → South Seas Mandate ⓘ

Mandated Islands → governedAs → South Seas Mandate ⓘ

Mandated Islands → officialName → South Seas Mandate ⓘ

Japanese South Pacific Mandate → appliesToJurisdiction → South Seas Mandate ⓘ

Japanese South Pacific Mandate → officialName → South Seas Mandate ⓘ

Woleai Atoll → formerCountry → South Seas Mandate ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Seas Mandate of Japan

Truk → wasPartOf → South Seas Mandate ⓘ

Strategic Trust Territory → predecessor → South Seas Mandate ⓘ