greater east asia co-prosperity

So, I know that the Japanese of the 1930s and 40s often floated the idea of Asian decolonization around backed up by catchy slogans like “Asia for the Asiatics” and even creating the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere (Dai Toa Kyoeiken) but it was all, of course, a farce. In reality the...

When I was reading more about the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, I read saw two unifinished articles call the Kingdom of Malaya and the East Indies Kingdom, which is modern Malaysia, and Indonesia. My question is, did the Japanese actually planned this, and if so, who would be ruling...

Chapter 1: The Tokyo Conference: The Japanese Empire felt betrayed ever since the Nine-Power Treaty of 1922, that was affirming the sovereignty and territorial integrity of China and the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament of 1930, so that it later would not be a part of...