The South Sea Islands and Japanese Mandatory Rule Over Them
Izumi, Kobayashi (2021-10-06). The South Sea Islands and Japanese Mandatory Rule Over Them (Report). The OPRI Center of Island Studies.
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Abstract: For about three decades, from 1914 to 1945, when it was defeated in the Pacific War, Japan ruled the former German Micronesia, which it then called Nanyo Gunto （the South Sea Islands）, and Nanyo Cho (the South Seas Agency), which was responsible for governing the islands, was located in the city of Koror in the Palau Islands. The relationships between the South Sea Islands and Japan are a matter of consequence that is essential to understand the modern and contemporary history of Japan. In recent Japan, however, Palau has evoked an image of a resort in the South Pacific Ocean and a mecca for scuba diving tourism among some people, and it is safe to say that the ordinary Japanese no longer recall the name “South Sea Islands” and the history of Japanese rule over the islands. The reason is that the persons formerly concerned with the South Sea Islands who continued to live in postwar Japan as living witnesses are now a complete minority as they have become 80 or 90 or older...
1. The History of the South Sea Islands
2. The Occupation of the South Sea Islands and Mandatory Rule
3. Japanese Mandatory Rule over the South Sea Islands
4. The Termination of Japanese Mandatory Rule over the South Sea Islands
Conclusion—Mandatory Rule over the South Sea Islands as Seen from the Present Day
