From 65438 to 0942, Sergeant Suharto was trained in a Japanese military academy in east indies. 1945, Su Jianuo, who became the leader of Indonesian nationalism, declared Indonesia's independence and rose up against the Dutch colonists' attempt to return to their former colonies. In the anti-colonial revolutionary war of 1945- 1950, Lieutenant Colonel Suharto performed well and became a two-star general under President Su Jianuo. 1967 After the attempted coup, Lieutenant Colonel Suharto took over the baton of the latter and became the President of Indonesia. In Southeast Asia, similar to the experience of President Suharto, there is Aung San in Myanmar. General Aung San was one of the leaders trained in Japanese military academies and later became an independent idol of Myanmar. Originally the commander of Myanmar National Army trained by Japan, 1936 organized the anti-British struggle of Yangon University. 1939, Aung San established Myanmar * * * production party. 1940 went to Japan for military training. After returning to China, Aung San served as the defense minister of the Japanese puppet government and began to form the Myanmar Independence Army. From 65438 to 0946, Aung San became the leader of the Burmese People's Freedom League government.

Few people remember that when the Japanese army occupied Southeast Asia, it was welcomed by the local elites as a "liberation hero". The elites of Burmese, Indonesians and Malays are willing to cooperate with the Japanese. The father of Malaysian President Mahathir supported Chandra Bos, leader of the pro-axis Indian National Army. Mahathir, who was only a teenager during the Japanese occupation, grew up in the anti-western and anti-colonial nationalist values instilled by his father and became a famous advocate of "Asian values."

Many modern elites in Southeast Asia have grown up under the legacy of Japanese occupation, which has been confirmed by more and more documents. During the Japanese occupation, many young people in Southeast Asia studied in technical colleges established in Japan, and their professional knowledge and skills trained thousands of skilled employees and middle managers for the development of Southeast Asia after the war. In addition, although the local officials in the Japanese colonial bureaucracy only held middle and low-level positions in the occupation government, they gained valuable government governance experience through their observation of the Japanese bureaucracy and their contact with Japanese official documents.