Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine)

E201659

Japanese imperial strategic doctrine foreign policy concept geopolitical strategy

Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine) was an Imperial Japanese strategic policy that advocated southward expansion into Southeast Asia and the Pacific to secure resources and regional dominance, in contrast to a northern advance against the Soviet Union.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Nanshin-ron	2
Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine) canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese imperial strategic doctrine ⓘ foreign policy concept ⓘ geopolitical strategy ⓘ
alternateName	Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine) ⓘ surface form: Nanshin-ron Southern Expansion Doctrine ⓘ
associatedWith	Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ Japanese ultranationalism ⓘ
contrastedWith	Japanese Hokushin-ron (Northern Expansion Doctrine) ⓘ surface form: Hokushin-ron Northern Expansion Doctrine ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Imperial Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
decline	defeat of Japan in World War II ⓘ
goal	achieve regional hegemony in East Asia and the Pacific ⓘ reduce dependence on Western powers for raw materials ⓘ secure natural resources ⓘ
hasKeyConcept	maritime expansion ⓘ resource security ⓘ southward advance ⓘ
historicalContext	decline of European colonial powers in Asia ⓘ rivalry with Western colonial empires ⓘ
ideologicalBasis	Japanese imperialism ⓘ pan-Asianism ⓘ
influenced	Imperial Japanese Navy policy ⓘ Japanese decision to attack Western colonial possessions in Asia ⓘ Japanese expansion into British Malaya ⓘ Japanese expansion into French Indochina ⓘ Japanese expansion into the Dutch East Indies ⓘ Japanese expansion into the Philippines ⓘ Japanese naval strategy ⓘ
justifiedBy	claim of liberating Asia from Western colonialism ⓘ
language	Japanese ⓘ
mainDirectionOfExpansion	Indian Ocean Region ⓘ surface form: Indian Ocean region South Pacific ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
motivatedBy	need for oil ⓘ need for rubber ⓘ need for tin and other strategic minerals ⓘ
opposedBy	supporters of Hokushin-ron in the Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
relatedEvent	Japanese occupation of Southeast Asia ⓘ Pacific War ⓘ attack on Pearl Harbor ⓘ
resultedIn	Japanese military campaigns in Southeast Asia ⓘ conflict with the British Empire ⓘ conflict with the Netherlands ⓘ conflict with the United States ⓘ
timePeriod	World War II era ⓘ early 20th century ⓘ interwar period ⓘ

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Subject: Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine)
Description of subject: Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine) was an Imperial Japanese strategic policy that advocated southward expansion into Southeast Asia and the Pacific to secure resources and regional dominance, in contrast to a northern advance against the Soviet Union.

Referenced by (3)

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

Nomonhan Incident → encouragedDoctrine → Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine) ⓘ

Japanese Hokushin-ron (Northern Expansion Doctrine) → contrastedWith → Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine) ⓘ

subject surface form: Hokushin-ron

this entity surface form: Nanshin-ron

Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine) → alternateName → Japanese Nanshin-ron (Southern Expansion Doctrine) ⓘ

subject surface form: Japanese Nanshin-ron

this entity surface form: Nanshin-ron