Pan-Asianism

propaganda term for the sphere of influence of the Japanese empire, purporting to provide pan-Asian autonomy free from European colonialism

Empire of Japan's ruling organization during much of World War II

paramilitary, ultranationalist right-wing group in Japan

conference held in 1943

political ideology that arose in the 1990s, which defined elements of society, culture, and history common to the nations of Southeast Asia and East Asia

thumb|Satellite photograph of Asia in orthographic projection. Pan-Asianism (also known as Asianism or Greater Asianism) is an ideology aimed at creating a political and economic unity among Asian peoples. Various theories and movements of Pan-Asianism have been proposed, particularly from East, South and Southeast Asia. The motive for the movement was in opposition to the values of Western imperialism and colonialism, and that Asian values were superior to European values.

thumb|Tōyama Mitsuru (center) and [[Yoshio Kodama (first row, second from right) among a meeting of the Dark/Black Ocean Society (Gen'yosha), 1929]] The was an influential Pan-Asianist group and secret society active in the Empire of Japan.

political party of Manchukuo

former Japanese political party

Japanese writer

political party of China (1939 – 1945)

The was a radical Japanese nationalist pan-Asianist organization founded in August 1919. The group arose from a pre-existing debate society, the Rōsōkai (Old and Young Society), which was founded in October 1918 by , editor of Dai Nihon (Greater Japan). Though the Rōsōkai was not explicitly pan-Asianist, or indeed political in its focus, its membership included many leading pan-Asianists and political commentators.

Think tank in pre-WW2 Japanese Empire