Kwantung

Name given by the Japanese to the territory of south Manchuria at the southern end of the Liaodong peninsula, transferred to Japan from Russia as a result of the Russo-Japanese War in 1905. Kwantung contained Dalian (formerly Dairen) and Lüshun (formerly Port Arthur) and was the terminus for the South Manchuria railway, which Japan also controlled. The area returned to Chinese rule after World War II.

The name is also used by the Chinese to designate the three northeast provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang, which were occupied by Japan in 1932.