南洋庁 | ||||
Mandate of Imperial Japan | ||||
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Capital | Koror | |||
Status | Mandate | |||
Head of State | ||||
- 1920-1926 | Emperor Yoshihito | |||
- 1926-1947 | Emperor Hirohito | |||
Governor | ||||
- 1920-1923 | Toshiro Tezuka | |||
- 1923-1931 | Gosuke Yokota | |||
- 1931 | Mitsusada Horiguchi | |||
- 1931-1932 | Kazuo Tawara | |||
- 1932-1933 | Masayuki Matsuda | |||
- 1933-Error | Hisao Hayashi | |||
Head of Civil Affairs Bureau | ||||
- 1920-1918 | Toshiro Tezuka | |||
History | ||||
- June 28, 1919 | Treaty of Versailles | |||
- December 17, 1920 | League of Nations mandate established | |||
- April 1, 1922 | South Seas Agency created | |||
- March 27, 1933 | Japan withdraws from the League of Nations | |||
- January 1, 1935 | Annexed by Japan | |||
- September 15, 1944 | U.S. occupation | |||
- July 18, 1947 | Japanese mandate formally revoked | |||
- July 18, 1947 | United Nations Trust Territory established | |||
Currency | Yen | |||
Pacific Islands | ||||
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The Mandate of the South Seas Islands (1922-1947) was a League of Nations mandate in Micronesia, governed by Imperial Japan.
Head of State
- Emperor Yoshihito (₩) (December 17, 1920 - December 25, 1926)
- Emperor Hirohito (₩) (December 25, 1926 - July 18, 1947)
Governor
- Toshiro Tezuka (₩) (December 17, 1920 - April 4, 1923)
- Gosuke Yokota (₩) (April 4, 1923 - October 11, 1931)
- Mitsusada Horiguchi (₩) (October 11, 1931 - November 21, 1931)
- Kazuo Tawara (₩) (November 21, 1931 - February 5, 1932)
- Masayuki Matsuda (₩) (February 5, 1932 - August 4, 1933)
- Hisao Hayashi (₩) (August 4, 1933 - Sepember 19, 1936)
- Kenjiro Kitajima (₩) (Sepember 19, 1936 - April 9, 1940)
- Shunsuke Kondo (₩) (April 9, 1940 - November 5, 1943)
- Ishiro Hosokaya (₩) (November 5, 1943 - February 2, 1944)
Head of Civil Affairs Bureau
- Toshiro Tezuka (₩) (December 17, 1920 - July 1, 1918)
Nation
Micronesian Polities
Federated States of Micronesia (From 1986)
United States: Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (1947-1987)
Neighbouring Nations
Marshall Islands (Compact of Free Association)
Nauru
Indonesia
Solomon Islands (Commonwealth realm)
Palau (Compact of Free Association)
Papua New Guinea (Commonwealth realm)
United States (Territories)
References
- pacific mandate Country Studies: South Pacific Mandate (Library of Congress)
- World Statesmen.org
- Wikipedia