<P> The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ( Japanese : 大 東亞 共 榮 圈 , Hepburn : Dai Tōa Kyōeiken ) was an imperial concept created and promulgated for occupied Asian populations during 1930 - 45 by the Empire of Japan . It extended greater than East Asia and promoted the cultural and economic unity of Northeast Asians , Southeast Asians , and Oceanians . It also declared the intention to create a self - sufficient `` bloc of Asian nations led by the Japanese and free of Western powers '' . It was announced in a radio address entitled `` The International Situation and Japan 's Position '' by Foreign Minister Hachirō Arita on June 29 , 1940 . </P>
<P> The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ( Japanese : 大 東亞 共 榮 圈 , Hepburn : Dai Tōa Kyōeiken ) was an imperial concept created and promulgated for occupied Asian populations during 1930 - 45 by the Empire of Japan . It extended greater than East Asia and promoted the cultural and economic unity of Northeast Asians , Southeast Asians , and Oceanians . It also declared the intention to create a self - sufficient `` bloc of Asian nations led by the Japanese and free of Western powers '' . It was announced in a radio address entitled `` The International Situation and Japan 's Position '' by Foreign Minister Hachirō Arita on June 29 , 1940 . </P>
japan referred to its expansionist policy during the 1930s and early 1940s as
japan referred to its expansionist policy during the 1930s and early 1940s as
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere