<Li> Manchuria - 1931 - 1945 </Li> <Li> all ports and major towns in the Primorsky Krai and Siberia regions of Russia east of the city of Chita, from 1918 until gradually withdrawing in 1922 . </Li> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Occupied or controlled region </Th> <Th> Japanese name </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Population est. (1943) </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Sakhalin </Td> <Td> Karafuto Prefecture (樺太 庁) of Imperial Japan </Td> <Td> prewar - 1945 </Td> <Td> 406,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> mainland China </Td> <Td> various </Td> <Td> 1931 - 1945 </Td> <Td> 200,000,000 (est) </Td> <Td> Manchukuo 50 million (1940), Jehol, Kwantung Leased Territory, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shandong, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, plus parts of: Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Guizhou, Inner Mongolia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Japan </Td> <Td> Naichi (内地) </Td> <Td> prewar - 1945 </Td> <Td> 72,000,000 </Td> <Td> Present day Japan, Kuril and Ryukyu Islands </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Korea </Td> <Td> Chosen (朝鮮) </Td> <Td> prewar - 1945 </Td> <Td> 25,500,000 </Td> <Td> Both North and South </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Taiwan </Td> <Td> Taiwan (臺灣) </Td> <Td> prewar - 1945 </Td> <Td> 6,586,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hong Kong </Td> <Td> Honkon (香港) </Td> <Td> December 12, 1941 - August 15, 1945 </Td> <Td> 1,400,000 </Td> <Td> Hong Kong (UK) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>:: East Asia (subtotal) </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> 306,792,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Vietnam </Td> <Td> Annan (安南) </Td> <Td> July 15, 1940 - August 29, 1945 </Td> <Td> 22,122,000 </Td> <Td> As French Indochina </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cambodia </Td> <Td> Kambojia (カンボジア) </Td> <Td> July 15, 1940 - August 29, 1945 </Td> <Td> 3,100,000 </Td> <Td> As French Indochina, Japanese occupation of Cambodia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Laos </Td> <Td> Raosu (ラオス) </Td> <Td> July 15, 1940 - August 29, 1945 </Td> <Td> 1,400,000 </Td> <Td> As French Indochina, Japanese occupation of Laos </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Thailand </Td> <Td> Tai (タイ) </Td> <Td> December 8, 1941 - August 15, 1945 </Td> <Td> 16,216,000 </Td> <Td> forced' allied' state </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Malaysia </Td> <Td> Maraya (マラヤ) Kita Boruneo (北 ボルネオ) </Td> <Td> March 27, 1942 - September 6, 1945 (Malaya), March 29, 1942 - September 9, 1945 (Sarawak, Brunei, Labuan, North Borneo) </Td> <Td> 4,938,000 plus 39,000 (Brunei) </Td> <Td> As Malaya (UK), British Borneo (UK), Brunei (UK) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Philippines </Td> <Td> Firipin (フィリピン) </Td> <Td> May 8, 1942 - July 5, 1945 </Td> <Td> 17,419,000 </Td> <Td> Philippines (USA) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Indonesia </Td> <Td> Higashi Indo (東 印度) </Td> <Td> January 18, 1942 - October 21, 1945 </Td> <Td> 72,146,000 </Td> <Td> As Dutch East Indies </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Singapore </Td> <Td> Shōnan tou (昭 南島) </Td> <Td> March 29, 1942 - September 9, 1945 </Td> <Td> 822,000 </Td> <Td> Singapore (UK) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Myanmar </Td> <Td> Biruma (ビルマ) </Td> <Td> 1942--1945 </Td> <Td> 16,800,000 </Td> <Td> Burma (UK) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> East Timor </Td> <Td> Higashi Chimoru (東 チモール) </Td> <Td> February 19, 1942 - September 2, 1945 </Td> <Td> 450,000 </Td> <Td> Portuguese Timor </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>:: Southeast Asia (subtotal) </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> 155,452,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> New Guinea </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> <Td> December 27, 1941 - September 15, 1945 </Td> <Td> 1,400,000 </Td> <Td> As British New Guinea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Guam </Td> <Td> Ōmiya Island (大 宮島) </Td> <Td> January 6, 1942 - October 24, 1945 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> from Guam (USA) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> South Pacific Mandate </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> <Td> 1919 - 1945 </Td> <Td> 129,000 </Td> <Td> from German Empire </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nauru </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> <Td> August 26, 1942 - September 13, 1945 </Td> <Td> 3,000 </Td> <Td> from United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Wake Island, US </Td> <Td> Ōtori Island (大 鳥島) </Td> <Td> December 27, 1941 - September 4, 1945 </Td> <Td> nil </Td> <Td> USA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Attu and Kiska Islands (US) </Td> <Td> Atsuta Island (熱田 島) Narukami Island (鳴神 島) </Td> <Td> June 6, 1942 - September 27, 1943 </Td> <Td> nil </Td> <Td> USA </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kiribati </Td> <Td> N / A </Td> <Td> December 1941 - January 22, 1944 </Td> <Td> 28,000 </Td> <Td> from Gilbert Islands (UK) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>:: Pacific Islands (subtotal) </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> 1,433,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td>:: Total Population </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> - </Td> <Td> 463,677,000 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Occupied or controlled region </Th> <Th> Japanese name </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Population est. (1943) </Th> <Th> Notes </Th> </Tr>

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