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It is not. Simply, 直省 is belonged provinces. Manchukuo was a country of Manchus from Manchuria.Of course it is, 直省=中原=Middle Land.
The difference is, 直省 is a official phrase, 中原 is only a concept of region.
The history of Manchukuo is not related to ethnics either.
According to Wiki
The Qing Dynasty, which replaced the Shun and Ming dynasties in China, was founded by Manchus from Manchuria (modern Northeastern China). However, the Manchu emperors did not fully integrate their homeland into China. This legal and, to a degree, ethnic division continued until the Qing dynasty began to fall apart in the 19th century.