When northeastern China was known as Manchuria, the town of Mukden (present-day Shenyang) went by the Japanese name of Hoten. It had a train station modeled after Tokyo Station and the primary ...
Canadian journalist and author Diane Francis believes that China is also preparing to take back a slice of land in the far east of Russia. Speaking to Times Radio, she explained how the war in ...
While extraterritoriality in Manchuria was abolished in December 1937, Japanese were not treated harshly even thereafter. Sumihisa Ikeda, who served as deputy chief of staff in the Kwantung Army ...
Japan had become concerned that Russian expansion of the Trans-Siberian Railway into Chinese Manchuria could threaten Korea. China was weak and Japan had an interest in acquiring land for herself.
Harbin (the capitol of Manchuria) being the largest. The Japanese saw these Russian Jewish communities as a potential weapon in their hand for utilizing the Jewish power. These Russian Jews were ...