Japan waxay magaceeda u bedeshay Singapore, oo ka timid Japanese, ama "qaarada koonfureed ee la helay xilligii Shōwa", waxayna qabsadeen ilaa ay Ingiriisku dib u qabsadeen jasiiradda 12kii Sebtember 1945, bil kadib markii Japan ay is dhiibtay
Waxaad Magaca "Shōnantō" wuxuu ahaa, waqtigaas, Romanised sida "Syonan-to" ama "Syonan", halkaas oo jilayaasha 昭南 si toos ah loogu tarjumay "Light of the South".