Nanshin-ron

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Nanshin-ron (Japanese: 南進論; "Southern Expansion Doctrine" or "Southern Road") was a political doctrine in the Empire of Japan that stated that Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands were Japan's sphere of interest and that their potential value to the Empire for economic and territorial expansion was greater than elsewhere. The opposing political doctrine was Hokushin-ron (北進論; "Northern Expansion Doctrine"), largely supported by factions of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA), which stated the same but for Manchuria and Siberia. After military setbacks at the Battle of Khalkhin Gol in Mongolia; the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War that tied down millions of Japanese troops in China, and negative Western attitudes towards Japanese expansionist tendencies, the Southern Expansion Doctrine became predominant, especially after the Tōseiha (Control Faction) of the IJA took power after the February 26 incident. Its focus was to procure resources from European Southeast Asian colonies, eliminate...

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