Would Surviving Japanese Empire annex Manchukuo eventually

Say Japan wins in China and gets recognition of Japanese puppets and large amounts of territorial and economic concessions.

Would Japan eventually annex Manchukuo similar to what happened to Korea
 

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Say Japan wins in China and gets recognition of Japanese puppets and large amounts of territorial and economic concessions.

Would Japan eventually annex Manchukuo similar to what happened to Korea
Why though? It was ruled by the Japanese already. Puyi and his court had no power. It would also undermine the entire "Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere" shtick Japan was pushing for propaganda purposes.
 
Depends on how 'Japanese' the place became. Migration was encouraged, Japanese businesses had preference, Japanese was 'encouraged' in the schools. When the US Army came to Korea in 1950 they found about every Korean age fifteen or above spoke some Japanese. Maybe some areas would become Japanese enough to justify the reorganization of the Manchurian state with certain strategic provinces having a special status & political affiliation with Japan?
 
Why though? It was ruled by the Japanese already. Puyi and his court had no power. It would also undermine the entire "Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere" shtick Japan was pushing for propaganda purposes.

Depends on how 'Japanese' the place became. Migration was encouraged, Japanese businesses had preference, Japanese was 'encouraged' in the schools. When the US Army came to Korea in 1950 they found about every Korean age fifteen or above spoke some Japanese. Maybe some areas would become Japanese enough to justify the reorganization of the Manchurian state with certain strategic provinces having a special status & political affiliation with Japan?


I suppose it depends on the timeframe one considers to be "eventually" in terms of which of the two policies play out. The longer the later plays out over the Japanese sphere of influence, the more and more the idea of the GEACPS would evolve from a confederation of peoples under Yamato hegemony to the formation of a single Japanese-cultural "Asian" identity. While the core Han regions of China likely are to entrenched for this to fully work, I can easily see 2 or 3 generations in the region being assimilated enough for the idea to at least be considered by the urban industrial residents
 
Looking at Okinawa it appears assimilation may have required more than 2-3 generations. Not sure if its a good example, but all I have. Any indicators from the Formosa occupation?
 
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