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The Japanese had gradually spread their influence through Asia in the first half of the 20th century and during the 1920s and 1930s had established business links in the Indies. These ranged from small town barbers, photographic studios and salesmen, to large department stores and firms such as Suzuki and Mitsubishi becoming involved in the ...
The Japanese invoked the slogan of "Asia for Asians" as a liberator of Asia from imperialism. [89] [11] However, the situation soon changed, and tensions increased as the soldiers began to arrest people and confiscate bicycles. Anyone who attempted to resist was met with physical force.
The failure of Japan to understand the goals and interests of the other countries involved in the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere led to a weak association of countries bound to Japan only in theory and not in spirit. Ba Maw argued that Japan should've acted according to the declared aims of "Asia for the Asiatics".
Keimin Bunka Shidōsho Office in Djakarta. Keimin Bunka Shidōsho (啓民文化指導所, lit."Cultural Enlightenment and Guidance Center", but more correctly "Institute for People's Education and Cultural Guidance", Indonesian: Poesat Keboedajaan) was a Japanese-sponsored art and cultural institution in the Dutch East Indies during the Japanese Occupation in World War II.
The 3A movement is known for its slogan: "Japan - the light of Asia, Japan - the mother of Asia, Japan - the leader of Asia," in Japanese 「亜細亜の光日本、亜細亜の母体日本、亜細亜の指導者日本」, and in Indonesian "Jepang cahaya Asia, Jepang pelindung Asia, Jepang pemimpin Asia." [1]
The formation of the corps was inspired by the late-war Japanese Special Attack Units.The Japanese word Jibakutai quickly became a loanword in Indonesian, meaning "to attack an enemy with reckless abandon or ramming oneself into the enemy", the latter often referring to an attack with an explosive belt or other explosive device.
The Yenisei River basin in Siberia. As the Axis powers of Germany, Italy, and Japan cemented their military alliance by mutually declaring war against the United States on December 11, 1941, the Japanese proposed a clear territorial arrangement with the two main European Axis powers concerning the Asian continent. [1]
Japan's wars in Asia became a part of WWII after Japan's attack of the United States' Pearl Harbor. Japan's defeat in Asia by the hand of the allies contributed to the creation of a new world order under American and Soviet influence across the world. Afterwards, East Asia was caught in the cross hairs of the Cold War.