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…
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Series: Westview special studies in social, political, and economic development