Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: MaJapan akatumidza zita rokuti Singapore, kubva muchiJapan, kana kuti "chitsuwa chokumaodzanyemba chakawanikwa munguva yaShōwa", uye vakachiva kusvikira vaBritain vatorazve chitsuwa chacho musi wa12 September 1945, mwedzi mumwe pashure pokunge
kuzvikudza kwokuzviisa pasi kweJapan. Zita rokuti "Shōnantō" rakanga riri, panguva iyoyo, romanized se "Syonan-to" kana "Syonan", apo mavara 昭南 chaizvoizvo anoshandura kuti "Chiedza cheSouth".