Nanyo Kohatsu Kabushiki Kaisha

The Nan'yō Kōhatsu K. K. (Japanese南洋 兴 発 株式会社, Nan'yō Kōhatsu Kabushiki Kaisha, in short: Nanko ) was a Japanese company that would promote economic development in Micronesia and Southeast Asia and secure Japanese interests there.

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

Micronesia

The Nan'yō Kōhatsu K. K. was originally founded in 1921 by Matsue Haruji with a capital of 3 million yen to exploit the mandated territories in the South Pacific. First sugar cane plantations were established on Saipan in 1922 was followed by a sugar refinery. After that, Nanko also spread to Tinian, Rota and Ponape. Nanko it was intensively by the colonial administration and by capital Toyo Takushoku KK ( Oriental Development Company ) supported. Matsue built in the 1920s and 1930s on the basis of no longer existing Nan'yō Shokusan a large company in the sugar industry. 1934 had Nanko 20,000 hectares plantations. In addition, Nanko also took over the phosphate mining so on Anagaur, and commercial fishing in Micronesia. This was followed by the production of corn starch, hemp, cotton, and other products. In the 1930s, 8,000 Japanese employees were mostly responsible for 9000 various possessions.

Southeast Asia

Nanko extended his interests later also to the Southeast Asian possessions of Great Britain, the Netherlands, Portugal and Australia. So dedicated Nanko to New Guinea, Sulawesi ( Celebes ) and Timor. Therefore he called the company and the Mantetsu of the South, in allusion to the South Manchurian Railway Company ( Mantetsu ).

From 1934 Nanko operation on a ship line Surabaya to Dili in Portuguese Timor, which they broke the Dutch monopoly in compounds with Dili. Thus, Japan was the third largest consumer of East Timorese coffee. In addition, corn, manganese, copra, rubber, cotton and wax from Timor were imported. Nanko was active from 1938 directly in the Portuguese colony. Trade between Portuguese Timor and Japan was organized by the Sociedade Agricola Patria e Trabalho ( SAPT ), was purchased by the Nanko 1940 48%. The SAPT 1941 was the only large plantations and trading company of the colony. They also controlled the trade with Portugal, which they dominated 20 % of total trade Portuguese Timor. In addition, the SAPT had a monopoly on the purchase of Arabica coffee, the most important and noblest variety Timor.

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• Mark R. Peattie, Ramon H. Myers: The Japanese Colonial Empire, 1895-1945. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1984, ISBN 0-691-10222-8 (p. 172-210 )