New Guinea (Myomi Republic)

The New Guinea Territory is a Japanese overseas dependency comprise of northeastern part of New Guinea and the nearby islands of the Bismarck Archipelago which came under the administration of Japan after the defeat of the German Empire in World War I.

Administration
The administration of Japanese New Guinea first described in the 1932 New Guinea Administration Law. The territory divided into nine administrative districts with Lae (Japanese: 椰山/やしやま Yashiyama) in Morobe District as its administrative seats. The office of Military Commissioner of New Guinea established as the representative of Japanese government and the highest authority that managed the territory along with the headquarters of Japanese Republican Navy.

In 1937, the military government replaced by the civilian one after Congress of Japan passed the 1937 New Guinea Administration Law. The office of Commissioner-General served as the Japanese government representative and headed the central bureaucracy in the territory. The Commissioner-General of New Guinea appointed by the National Congress of Japan every five years. To execute the government policy in New Guinea, the Home Affairs Bureau established by Congress of Japan. Local assemblies were established by Japanese settlements in 1939.

After the World War II, the movement of self-government for New Guinea began to peak. The Congress of Japan passed the 1947 New Guinea Self-Government Law. The Law described New Guinea as "a self-governed territory that politically, economically, militarily and judicially belongs to the Government of Republic of Japan, with has greater autonomy over its own internal matters".

The Legislative Council of New Guinea, as the legislature of dependency, inaugurated for the first time in 1948. Three-and-quarters of its members elected by the Electoral College consisted of 40 electorates, regardless the number of population, in every administrative district every four years, while the rest appointed by the Commissioner-General.

The Executive Council of New Guinea acted as the central administrative body, replaced the Home Affairs Bureau. It is consisted by a Chairman, three Vice-Chairmen and twenty Councilors that elected from and among the members of Legislative Council every start of parliamentary term.

The High Court of New Guinea modeled after the National Court of Japan and serves as the supreme judicature of New Guinea in charge of judicial matters and supervision and administration of lower courts. All of judges of the Court appointed by the Legislative Council. Every New Guinea citizens are the subject of Japanese law and New Guinea placed under Japan's sphere of jurisdiction.