Side by side
Indonesia and Japan compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
- Shared indicators
- 42
- Domains
- 9
- Crossed events
- 2
- Data through
- 2026-08-10
The figures, side by side
Each figure is the same observation, with the same source, as on the two dossiers. Every value shows the year it was observed — vintages differ by indicator and nation. A “—” is an absence in the source data, never a zero. Metric names link to the world ranking; values open the figure on its own dossier.
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Entangled histories
2 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.
- 1942
Japanese occupation of the Indies
Japan conquers the Dutch East Indies, ending Dutch rule; its occupation brings forced labour and hardship but also mobilises and arms Indonesian nationalists.
War & Rupture · from the Indonesia chronicle · Japanese Occupation, Independence and the Revolution · Indonesia (toward independence; Japanese occupation; after Suharto), Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies
- 17 Aug 1945
Proclamation of Independence
Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta proclaim Indonesia an independent republic in Jakarta, days after Japan's surrender; they become president and vice-president the next day.
Independence · from the Indonesia chronicle · Japanese Occupation, Independence and the Revolution · Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, Indonesia Regains Its Independence (Research Starters)