سياسة اليابان تجاه أندونيسيا 1942-1945

Abstract EN

The subject of Japan's policy towards Indonesia until 1945 is of great importance, as it is no secret to anyone that the study of Japanese policy towards the countries of Southeast Asia in general and Indonesia in particular needs attention by researchers because it is a fertile material for events and is less addressed by researchers that combined trends Japan and the situation prevailing in those regions.

Japan headed towards Indonesia after the outbreak of World War II 1939-1945 with the allies, driven by its political and economic interests and its military strategy in the region to strike the interests of Western colonialism there under the slogan “Asia for the Asians” during its military campaigns that targeted a number of Southeast Asian regions, and Japanese policy combined friendly methods such as communication With national forces and trying to get close to them, releasing detainees and exiles, allowing the establishment of popular organizations and bodies, and between exclusivity and dictatorship, according to what Japanese decision-makers see in Indonesia, according to developments in the fighting fronts in World War II, and between adopting arbitrary methods towards the Indonesian people, such as dissolving political parties and organizations, interfering with their work and directing the Indonesian economy To serve the Japanese war effort and follow the forced labor programs and others, but the general impression in Indonesia was that the Japanese, no matter how many advantages they have, they are colonizers first and last.