Government
Karafuto was administered from the central government in Tokyo as the Karafuto Agency (樺太庁, Karafuto-cho?) under the Colonization Bureau (拓務局, Takumukyoku?) of the Home Ministry. The Colonization Bureau became the Ministry of Colonial Affairs (拓務省, Takumushō?) in 1923 at which time Karafuto was officially designated an overseas territory of the Empire of Japan.
When the Ministry of Colonial Affairs was absorbed into the new Ministry of Greater East Asia in 1942, the administration of Karafuto was separated, and Karafuto became an integral part of the Japanese home islands.
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