Japanese South Pacific Mandate
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The Japanese South Pacific Mandate was a League of Nations mandate under Japanese administration that governed former German colonial islands in Micronesia between World War I and World War II.
All labels observed (9)
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
League of Nations mandate
ⓘ
colonial territory ⓘ |
| adminCenter |
Koror
ⓘ
surface form:
Koror, Palau
Saipan ⓘ
surface form:
Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
|
| administeredBy |
Imperial Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| appliesTo | former German colonial islands in Micronesia ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | South Seas Mandate ⓘ |
| capital |
Koror
ⓘ
Saipan ⓘ |
| colonizingPower |
Imperial Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| country |
Japan
ⓘ
surface form:
Empire of Japan
|
| endCause |
defeat of Japan in World War II
ⓘ
establishment of United Nations trust territories ⓘ |
| endTime | 1947 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Micronesians
ⓘ
surface form:
Micronesian peoples
|
| follows | German colonial rule in Micronesia ⓘ |
| governingBody |
Nan’yō Government
ⓘ
surface form:
Japanese South Seas Government
Nan’yō Government ⓘ
surface form:
Nan'yō Government
|
| grantedBy | League of Nations ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
World War II
ⓘ
interwar period ⓘ |
| includes |
Caroline Islands
ⓘ
Chuuk State ⓘ
surface form:
Chuuk
Kosrae State ⓘ
surface form:
Kosrae
Mariana Islands ⓘ Marshall Islands ⓘ Nauru ⓘ
surface form:
Nauru region (initially contested)
Palau ⓘ Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
surface form:
Pohnpei
Yap Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Yap
|
| languageUsed | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalForm | Class C mandate ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Micronesia
ⓘ
Pacific Ocean ⓘ |
| mandateClass | Class C ⓘ |
| officialName |
Nan’yō Chō
ⓘ
surface form:
Nan'yō Chō
South Seas Mandate ⓘ |
| partOf |
Japanese colonial empire
ⓘ
League of Nations mandate system ⓘ
surface form:
League of Nations mandates system
|
| predecessor |
German New Guinea
ⓘ
German colonial empire ⓘ
surface form:
German colonial empire in the Pacific
|
| significantEvent |
Japanese naval and military buildup in Micronesia
ⓘ
League of Nations Permanent Mandates Commission ⓘ
surface form:
League of Nations oversight through Permanent Mandates Commission
fortification of mandated islands before World War II ⓘ |
| startTime |
1919
ⓘ
post–World War I period ⓘ |
| status | defunct political entity ⓘ |
| successor |
Territory of New Guinea
ⓘ
surface form:
Territory of New Guinea (for some areas under Australian mandate)
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands ⓘ
surface form:
United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
|
| usedCurrency | Japanese yen ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Japanese South Seas Mandate (Marshall Islands)
this entity surface form:
League of Nations (Japanese South Seas Mandate)
this entity surface form:
Empire of Japan under South Seas Mandate
this entity surface form:
Japan under South Seas Mandate
this entity surface form:
Japanese South Seas Mandate
this entity surface form:
South Pacific Mandate
this entity surface form:
South Pacific Mandate
this entity surface form:
Japanese South Seas Mandate
subject surface form:
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
this entity surface form:
Japanese South Seas Mandate
United Nations Trusteeship Agreement for the Former Japanese Mandated Islands
→
appliesTo
→
Japanese South Pacific Mandate
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Pacific Islands north of the Equator formerly mandated to Japan
Office of the High Commissioner of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
→
replaced
→
Japanese South Pacific Mandate
ⓘ
this entity surface form:
Japanese South Seas Mandate administration