Nan'yō Kōhatsu

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The Nan'yō Kōhatsu KK ( Japanese 南洋 興 発 株式会社 , Nan'yō Kōhatsu Kabushiki kaisha , short: Nankō ) was a Japanese company that should promote economic development in Micronesia and Southeast Asia and secure Japanese interests there.

Nankō was dissolved in 1945 after the end of World War II by order of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers . Your seat on Saipan is now a museum.

Micronesia

Nan'yō Kōhatsu factory in Saipan
Headquarters in Saipan

The Nan'yō Kōhatsu KK was originally founded in 1921 by Matsue Haruji with a capital of 3 million yen to exploit the mandate areas in the South Seas . First, sugar cane plantations were built on Saipan, followed by a sugar refinery in 1922. After that, Nankō also spread to Tinian , Rota and Ponape . Nankō was intensively supported by the colonial administration and by capital from Tōyō Takushoku KK (Orient Development Company). Matsue built a large company in the sugar industry in the 1920s and 1930s based on the no longer existing Nan'yō Shokusan . In 1934 Nankō owned 20,000 hectares of plantations. In addition, Nankō also took over the phosphate mining , so on Anagaur , and the commercial fishing in Micronesia. This was followed by the production of corn starch, hemp, cotton and other products. In the 1930s, 8,000 mostly Japanese employees were responsible for 9,000 different properties.

South East Asia

Nankō later extended his interests to the Southeast Asian possessions of Great Britain , the Netherlands , Portugal and Australia . Nankō was involved in New Guinea , Sulawesi ( Celebes ) and Timor . Therefore, the company was also called the Mantetsu of the South , in reference to the South Manchurian Railway Company ( Mantetsu ).

From 1934 Nankō operated a shipping line to Dili in Portuguese Timor via Surabaya , breaking the Dutch monopoly on connections with Dili. Japan became the third largest buyer of East Timorese coffee. Maize, manganese ore, copra, rubber, cotton and wax were also imported from Timor. From 1938, Nankō was also directly involved in the Portuguese colony. The trade between Portuguese Timor and Japan was organized by the Sociedade Agrícola Pátria e Trabalho (SAPT), of which Nankō had bought 48% in 1940. As of 1941, SAPT was the colony's only large plantation and trading company. It also controlled trade with Portugal, thus controlling 20% ​​of all Portuguese Timor trade. In addition, the SAPT had a monopoly on the purchase of Arabica coffee, the most important and noble variety in Timor.

supporting documents

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Francis X. Hezel, SJ: A Brief Economic History of Micronesia
  2. History of Timor ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 824 kB) - Technical University of Lisbon @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / pascal.iseg.utl.pt

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