Di Jepang, wilayah ini dikenal sebagai " 'mandat Jepang untuk Kepulauan Laut Selatan' " (日本 委任 統治 領 南洋 群島code: ja is deprecated , Nihon Inin Tōchi-ryō Nan'yō Guntō) dan diperintah oleh 'Pemerintahan Nan'yō' (南洋 廳code: ja is deprecated , Nan'yō Chō).
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