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The UN Security Council ended the vast trusteeship in stages, from 1986 to 1994, with the US gaining the territory of the Northern Mariana Islands. The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands is created by the United Nations and placed under the authority of the United States.Seizure and annexation of South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands by the Soviet Union.Cession of Japanese-held islands in the Central Pacific Ocean to the United Nations.Liberation of Korea and Manchuria from Japanese rule, followed by the division of Korea.Removal of Japanese troops occupying parts of China and the retrocession of Taiwan to China.Substantial weakening of European colonial powers and the gradual decolonization of Asia.