 The vast area represents 1/2 of the world's population and unlimited natural resources.Although the Empire of Japan in attempting to establish the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, had ruled the occupied Asian populations with a heavy hand for years, the Japanese government and military reversed its policies in an attempt to sway cooperation.At the same time, great forces are also at work in the Indian sub-continent, Indo-Asia Pacific and China as nationalist movements vie for self-determination.