Indochina

Indochina in Southern Victory
Indochina was a French colony east of Thailand and south of China with the South China Sea to the east. Following the Great War which the Entente including France lost, the Empire of Japan "persuaded" France to hand over the former French Indochina for a suitable amount of compensation which came as a respite for the battered French economy.

Later, the Japanese persuaded the Netherlands to do the same with the Netherlands East Indies.