Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Jafananci sun sake suna Singapore, daga Jafananci, ko " tsibirin kudancin da aka samu a zamanin Shōwa, " kuma sun mamaye shi har sai da Birtaniya ta sake mallakar tsibirin a ranar 12 ga Satumba, 1945, wata daya bayan da Jafananci suka mika wuya
Ka yi haƙuri. Sunan "Shōnantō" ya kasance, a lokacin, romanised a matsayin "Syonan-to" ko "Syonan", inda haruffan 昭南 a zahiri suna fassara zuwa "Hasken Kudu".