Hokushin-ron (北進論, "Northern Expansion Doctrine" or "Northern Road") was a political doctrine of the Empire of Japan before World War II that stated that...

expansion was greater than elsewhere. The opposing political doctrine was Hokushin-ron (北進論, "Northern Expansion Doctrine"), largely supported by the Imperial...

purged of its more insubordinate elements, as well as proponents of the Hokushin-ron ("Northward Advance") doctrine who urged that Japan concentrate its expansionist...

expressed itself in the early 1930s as the "strike north" (Hokushin-ron) and "strike south" (Nanshin-ron) factions. The goal of both factions was to seize territories...

Expansion Doctrine (Hokushin-ron), which proposed an attack on the Soviet Far East and Siberia. An essential first step in the Hokushin-ron proposal was for...

strong proponent of pan-Asianism and the hokushin-ron ("strike north") philosophy, as opposed to the nanshin-ron ("strike south") philosophy espoused by...

conglomerates which the Kōdōha despised. The Kōdōha strongly supported the hokushin-ron ("Northern Expansion Doctrine") strategy of a pre-emptive strike against...

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clashes with the Soviet Union and Mongolia. The Japanese doctrine of Hokushin-ron, which emphasised Japan's expansion northward, was favoured by the Imperial...

Map of Japanese Hokushin-ron plans for a potential attack on the Soviet Union. Dates indicate the year that Japan gained control of the territory....