South Manchuria Railway

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The South Manchuria Railway Company (Japanese: 南満州鉄道株式会社 Minami Manshū Tetsudō Kabushiki-gaisha; abbreviated as 満鉄 Mantetsu) was a company founded by Japan in 1906, after the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), and operated in Japanese-occupied Manchuria.

The company was created when, in accordance with the Treaty of Portsmouth, the southernmost section (from Changchun to Lüshun) of the South Manchuria branch of the China Far East Railway was transferred to Japanese control.

From 1906 or 1910 until 1925, the company also operated the Korean railway system.

The company developed soybeans and mineral resources and brought them to Japan partly by its railway. It also built hotels, schools, libraries, hospitals etc., primarily for Japanese immigrants. It was closed by order of GHQ, and was taken over by the Soviet army in 1945.

The South Manchuria Railway was also charged with a government-like role in Manchuria.

[edit] Presidents

• 13 November 1906 - 14 July 1908 Shinpei Goto
• 19 Dec 1908 - 18 Dec 1913 Korekimi Nakamura
• 19 Dec 1913 - 15 July 1914 Ryutaro Nomura (1st time)
• 15 July 1914 - 31 July 1917 Yujiro Nakamura
• 31 July 1917 - 12 April 1919 Simbei Kunisawa
• 12 April 1919 - 31 May 1921 Ryutaro Nomura (2nd time)
• 31 May 1921 - 14 Oct 1922 Senkichi Hayakawa
• 24 Oct 1922 - 22 June 1924 Takeji Kawamura
• 22 June 1924 - 19 July 1927 Banichiro Yasuhiro
• 19 July 1927 - 14 August 1929 Jyotaro Yamamoto
• 14 August 1928 - 13 June 1931 Mitsugu Sengoku
• 13 June 1931 - 6 July 1932 Yasuka Uchida
• 26 July 1932 - 2 Aug 1935 Hakutaro Hayashi
• 2 Aug 1935 - 24 March 1939 Yosuke Matsuoka
• 34 March 1939 - 14 July 1943 Takuichi Ohmura
• 14 July 1943 - 11 April 1945 Naoto Kohiyama
• 5 May 1945 - 30 September 1945 Motoki Yamazaki

[edit] Sources and references

(incomplete)

• WorldStatesmen- China- foreign colonies (not fully exploited)

[edit] See also

• Mukden Incident (September 18, 1931)
• Twenty-One Demands
• Kwantung Leased Territory