Looking at DAI NIPPON 's Footprint: Japan's Policies in Indonesia

: indonesia, jepang, pemerintahan, politik. Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify the policy of the Japanese government system in Indonesia. The method adopted in this study is the historical method, which consists of four stages, namely, heuristics, source criticism, interpretation, and historical historiography, as well as techniques of data collection through literature research. According to the studies carried out, it can be seen that many political changes took place during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia, especially the abolition of the discrimination system and other measures in the military, government and educational sectors. However, all the moves and policy changes of the Japanese government focused on the interests of Japan's military victory, so the various exploitations in the process of policy implementation still caused deep trauma to the Indonesian nation.


INTRODUCTION
The outbreak of World War II prompted the Japanese military to try to invade colonial countries in the Asian region.representing the Governor-General.That is, de facto and de jure, the entire territory of the former Dutch East Indies has since been under Japanese rule and administration (Husni, 2015).Soon, the Japanese army could take control of the former Dutch territories in the East Indies.

Legal Basis of the Japanese Reign
Japanese rule in Indonesia lasted three and a half years and established a military regime (Mita, 2020).Although initially, the Japanese government was predicted to create security and welfare of the people, the content of the sentence was intended to pursue colonial power; in fact, Indonesian independence did not enter the minds of the Japanese army (Husni, 2015).
Based on this, it can be said that  in Bukittinggi with the following ten units: 1) Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Government System in the East
In eastern Indonesia, during the Japanese

Economic and Social Sector
The practices of regulating and taking over the people's economy are carried out by forcing government programs that have a broad impact on meeting clothing and food needs, including: 1) Auterki system (all needs are intended for war and people must be able to meet their needs and support the war).
2) Tenarugumi system (there is a system of neighborly harmony that is required to collect deposits in Japan and each tenagurumi consists of 10-20 households).
3) The existence of a monopoly on plantations by the Japanese government.
The existence of this policy has an The confiscation of possession of goods was also carried out by the collection of gold, silver, and jewellery, as well as the dismantling of iron fences from houses and the surrender of private cars, all declared for war financing.In addition, there was also a sealing of the radio so that people could only listen to broadcasts of certain waves used for war propaganda.
In the social field, exploitation is also carried out on labour to become Romusha.
Romusha is a term for forced labour in projects for war needs without adequate health care benefits and food distribution, so thousands of people died and were buried en masse.In addition, fraud was committed against female workers who were mobilized to become nurses in the army, which led to being comfort women for Japanese soldiers.
A series of economic and social policies implemented by the Japanese government also increased inflation in 1943 and beyond due to the outbreak of the Japanese currency (Ricklefs, 2005).In

Politics
In the political field, the Japanese There are several policy programs in the political sphere during the Japanese occupation that can be known, namely: 1) There is a ban on the use of Dutch and English.
2) Forms a three-A movement.
3) Indonesia is divided into three parts of Japan's military power.
4) The system of government is military rule with civilian government.

5) Trying to attract the attention of
Muslims in the territory of Indonesia.
6) Cooperated with nationalist figures and formed Japanese political organizations.
Looking at DAI NIPPON'S Footprint: Japan's Policies in Indonesia, Febriana Khoiriyah,et.al,[379][380][381][382][383][384][385][386][387][388][389][390][391][392] Starting from mid-1941, Japan realized that the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands had to face each other directly to control Southeast Asia's natural resources.The territory now known as Indonesia, which was under the control of the Dutch East Indies, was captured without much resistance.The fall of Indonesian territory to the Japanese was marked by the signing of a statement of unconditional surrender by Lieutenant General ter Poorten, The territory of Indonesia, which has a critical land position, is the target of Japan.The Japanese achieved an easy victory by conquering Dutch-controlled Indonesia in January 1942.Control began from the Tarakan region (East Kalimantan) as the largest oil producer, followed people has two priorities:

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Figure 1.Historical Research Flow the Japanese Army who wanted to provide peace for the Indonesian nation based on defending Greater East Asia together and the form of written, object, and oral sources with primary, skunder and tertiary source categories External Criticism Internal Criticism Authenticity, Originality, Integrity Authenticity, Originality, Integrity Formal sources, Informal, Criteria Such interpretation or interpretation must be done objectively, descriptively and selectively Historiography is carried out to write history, as well as the last stage in the step of historical research in a narrative, descriptive and analytical manner occupation under naval support.The Southern Fleet II (Minseibu) is in Makassar, and the offices below it (Minseifu) are in Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Seram.The administrators under his leadership are Syuu, Ken, Bunken (area), Gun, and Son.As in Java after August, Indonesian officials were finally removed and replaced by the Japanese because the capital Makassar, Manado, Banjarmasin, and Pontianak surrendered to the Japanese.Where Indonesians are at the highest level to go and son.The above system lasted briefly as Japan's position in the Pacific War became increasingly tense.This prompted Japanese Prime Minister Tojo to issue a Looking at DAI NIPPON'S Footprint: Japan's Policies in Indonesia, Febriana Khoiriyah, et.al, 379-392 DOI: 10.24127/hj.v11i2.8309decree allowing Indonesians to participate in the country's government.This decision followed the announcement by Saiko Sikikan of a list of plans to join the promised government of the country on August 1, 1943.Those allowed to enter the government are advisory bodies at the regional and central levels and high positions for Indonesians, such as advisors and military administration.
impact on the trade of foodstuffs, especially rice, in the prohibited public market; the harvest is collected by the government and food needs for individuals are rationed through distribution in RTs and RWs with very minimum rations, for example, for rice only 200 grams per person for one day.As a result, the plague exploded, hungry oedema and starved to death.
addition, it added to this the general chaos due to food regulation and forced labour exploitation that led to the famine problem in 1944-1945.With rising mortality and declining fertility, the Japanese occupation period was the only period in two centuries that the population did not increase significantly.This made Indonesia like other occupied territories whose suffering, inflation, tailoring, profiteering, corruption, black market and death was extreme during the Japanese occupation.
et al., 2002).The scope of this organization is limited to Java, so the terms Indonesia, the national anthem Indonesia Raya and the red and white flag are not allowed.In addition, the Japanese government also embraced Islamic groups with the aim that existing organizations such as Masyumi and Nahdatul Ulama which had been established in 1937 and PSII in 1939, remained united in the federation and were willing to help Japan in the war against the Allies.