In the ninth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1870), the Japanese began to live in Hongkou, Shanghai. In the same year, Shanghai public concession authorities began to build cross-border roads in Hongkou, and Hongkou was informally included in the jurisdiction of the public concession. In the 12th year of Tongzhi (1873), Japan renamed the former Japanese residence (Zhang Suo, Shanghai, Japan) as the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, located at No.3 Minhang Road, Hongkou.

In the 25th year of Guangxu (1898), Hidemi Hara public concession was renamed as Shanghai International Public Concession, and Japan and other countries began to participate in concession management. The following year, the public concession was divided into four regions: north, east, middle and west, with Japanese expatriates occupying a dominant position in the north and east. In the same year, the Japanese army organized the Shanghai Volunteer Japan Team in Hongkou as a self-defense organization. In the second year of Xuantong (19 10), the number of Japanese expatriates in Hongkou surpassed other countries, ranking first.

19 16 the daily inspection unit was set up in the inspection room of Shanghai public concession. 165438+1On October 20th, 30 Japanese patrol officers took over the public security affairs in Hongkou area. 1925 On May 30th, the May 30th tragedy broke out. On June 9, Japan sent a Marine Corps to Shanghai under the pretext of protecting overseas Chinese and stationed in Hongkou area. 1927 The National Revolutionary Army occupied Shanghai in the northern expedition, and the Japanese army deployed troops on Sichuan North Road.

1932 65438+1On October 28th, the Japanese troops stationed in Hongkou provoked the February 28th Incident and attacked Zhabei from the headquarters of the Marine Corps, fighting fiercely with the 19th Route Army. March, armistice. On April 29th, Masaaki Shirakawa, commander-in-chief of Japanese troops stationed in Shanghai, was killed by a bomb thrown by a North Korean while celebrating Tianchang Festival in Hongkou Park, and Yin and others were seriously injured. On July 6th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the public concession decided to return the Hongkou cross-border section to China, which was rejected by the Japanese army that actually occupied the area. Since then, Hongkou area has been called "Shanghai Japanese Concession".

1October 8th, 1936, 10, the Japanese army crossed the concession boundary and was protested by the Shanghai municipal government. On August 1937 and 13, the Battle of Songhu broke out and Hongkou Japanese Concession became a battlefield. On August 20th, Zhang Zhizhong occupied the headquarters building of Japanese Marine Corps. Soon, with the arrival of Japanese reinforcements, the battlefield situation reversed. 1 12 10 12, the Japanese army completely occupied Shanghai, and the public concessions were forced to admit that Japan had complete management rights over the Japanese concession areas. 1On September 22nd, 939, Japan completely occupied the area north of Suzhou Creek.

194 1 year 65438+February 8, the Pacific War broke out, and the Japanese army entered the public concession that morning.

On August 1943 and 1 day, the Japanese occupation forces announced that they would return the concession to Wang Jingwei's government. 1In August, 945, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression ended in China's victory, and the Japanese concession area was taken over by the National Government.