Nan’yō Chō

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Nan’yō Chō was the Japanese colonial administration that governed the South Seas Mandate islands in the Pacific during the early 20th century.

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Surface form Occurrences
Nan'yō Chō 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese government agency
South Seas Government
colonial administration
appliesToJurisdiction Caroline Islands NERFINISHED
Jaluit NERFINISHED
Koror NERFINISHED
Kwajalein NERFINISHED
Mariana Islands NERFINISHED
Marshall Islands NERFINISHED
Palau NERFINISHED
Ponape NERFINISHED
Rota NERFINISHED
Saipan NERFINISHED
South Pacific islands NERFINISHED
South Seas Mandate NERFINISHED
Tinian NERFINISHED
Truk NERFINISHED
Yap NERFINISHED
capital Koror NERFINISHED
country Japan
surface form: Empire of Japan
demographicPolicy encouragement of Japanese settlement
segregated administration of indigenous populations
dissolved 1945
educationPolicy Japanization of local populations
endedBecauseOf Japanese defeat in World War II
establishedAfter Japanese occupation of former German Pacific colonies NERFINISHED
World War I NERFINISHED
establishedBy League of Nations NERFINISHED
followedBy United States Navy Military Government in the Pacific Islands NERFINISHED
hasRole colonial governance
economic administration
education administration
infrastructure development
military support administration
police administration
inception 1922
industryPromoted copra production
fishing
phosphate mining
sugar production
languageUsed Japanese
legalForm colonial government
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity South Seas Mandate NERFINISHED
mandateType Class C mandate
officialLanguage Japanese
operatedUnderRegime League of Nations mandate system NERFINISHED
replaced Japanese military administration in the South Seas NERFINISHED
subordinateTo Government of the Empire of Japan NERFINISHED
Japanese Ministry of Colonial Affairs NERFINISHED
transportInfrastructure airfields in mandate islands
ports and harbors in mandate islands

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South Seas Mandate alsoKnownAs Nan’yō Chō
Japanese South Pacific Mandate officialName Nan’yō Chō
this entity surface form: Nan'yō Chō