Southern Expansion Doctrine

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Japanese imperialist doctrine foreign policy doctrine geopolitical strategy

The Southern Expansion Doctrine was an early 20th-century Japanese imperialist strategy advocating political, economic, and military expansion into Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese imperialist doctrine ⓘ foreign policy doctrine ⓘ geopolitical strategy ⓘ
alternativeName	Nanshin-ron NERFINISHED ⓘ
consequence	escalation of conflict with the United States and European powers ⓘ integration of Southeast Asian territories into the Japanese wartime empire ⓘ
contrastedWith	Northern Expansion Doctrine NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Japan ⓘ
historicalContext	decline of Western colonial powers in Asia ⓘ global economic instability of the interwar period ⓘ
ideologicalOrientation	expansionism ⓘ imperialism ⓘ militarism ⓘ
implementedThrough	military invasions in Southeast Asia ⓘ naval power projection in the Pacific ⓘ occupation policies in conquered territories ⓘ
influenced	Japanese advance into Southeast Asia in 1941–1942 ⓘ Japanese decision to attack Western colonial possessions in Asia ⓘ Japanese strategy in World War II ⓘ
influentialPeriod	1930s ⓘ World War II era ⓘ interwar period ⓘ
justifiedBy	claims of liberating Asian peoples from Western colonialism ⓘ pan-Asianist rhetoric ⓘ
mainProponent	Imperial Japanese Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
motivatedBy	need for oil ⓘ need for other strategic raw materials ⓘ need for rubber ⓘ
opposedBy	Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
policyGoal	acquisition of natural resources ⓘ control of maritime routes in the Western Pacific ⓘ economic expansion into Southeast Asia ⓘ establishment of Japanese hegemony in Southeast Asia ⓘ expansion into the Pacific ⓘ military expansion into Southeast Asia ⓘ political expansion into Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedConcept	Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere NERFINISHED ⓘ Japanese navalism ⓘ
supportedBy	Japanese business interests seeking markets and resources in Southeast Asia ⓘ Japanese naval officers advocating maritime expansion ⓘ
targetRegion	British Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Dutch East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ French Indochina NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ South Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	early 20th century ⓘ

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

subject surface form: Japanese Nanshin-ron