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The Japanese And Sukarno's Indonesia : Tokyo-Jakarta Relations 1951-1966
The Japanese and the Indonesians are Asiatic, oceanic peoples, inhabiting regions north and south of the equator, who have shared a long tradition of cultural and commercial intercourse. In contemporary history they were brought even closer from March 1942, during Japan's military occupation of Indonesia. It lasted for three-and-a-half years and ended with Japan's surrender to the Allied powers, which included the Netherlands, Indonesia's former colonial master. The occupation, however, had such a significant impact on all phases of Indonesian life that post-1945 Japanese-Indonesian relations can hardly be discussed without referring to its influence.
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