The Japanese Occupation of northern Borneo
Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo arriving at Kuching airfield, 7 July 1943. He paid a surprise visit as part of a tour of the occupied countries.
The Japanese combined Sarawak, Brunei and North Borneo (now Sabah) into a single military administrative unit, headquartered for much of the war in Kuching and then in Jesselton. Many pre-war institutions continued to operate and several new institutions were introduced. Relations with the indigenous people deteriorated as the war progressed; the Japanese acted harshly against resistance.
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- Wartime Sarawak
- Wartime North Borneo