Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan haka, an sanya Sashin IJA na 48 zuwa garrison na tsibirin Timor a matsayin wani ɓangare na rundunar sojojin IJA ta 19. Ko da yake tsibirin ya kama Japan a cikin yakin Timor
, yawancin tsibirin har yanzu suna hannun kwamandojin Ostiraliya da na Dutch. Tsuchihashi ya kaddamar da wani babban abin da ya faru a cikin ƙoƙari na tura 'yan Australia a cikin kusurwa a kudancin tsibirin. Har ila yau, Jafananci sun tattara yawancin fararen hula na Timorese, waɗanda suka ba da bayanan sirri game da ƙungiyoyin Allied. An tabbatar da tsibirin lokacin da aka kwashe sauran kwamandojin Ostiraliya a watan Disamba na 1942.