Ketatanegaraan Pada Masa Pendudukan Jepang

Abstract

The Japanese occupation of Indonesia lasted for approximately three and a half years, from 1942 to 1945. This period is referred to as the occupation period because, during Japan’s control over Indonesia, the country was still engaged in warfare against the Allied forces in World War II. Thus, although Japan had de facto authority over the Dutch East Indies, de jure, Indonesia remained a colonial territory under the sovereignty of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The ongoing state of war is one of the defining characteristics of the Japanese administration in Indonesia. Therefore, the term occupation is used to emphasize that Japan’s control was temporary and rooted in a military context. The Japanese government in Indonesia was controlled by military authorities, including both the Imperial Army (Rikugun) and Navy (Kaigun). Nevertheless, for the sake of administrative efficiency and political stability, Japan retained several elements of the previous colonial administration, especially in terms of territorial and bureaucratic divisions.