Korea under Japanese rule

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Japanese colonial rule in Asia historical period

Korea under Japanese rule was the period from 1910 to 1945 when the Korean Peninsula was annexed and governed as a colony of the Japanese Empire, marked by political repression, cultural assimilation policies, and economic exploitation.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Japanese Korea	2
Japanese occupation of Korea	2
Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty	2
Colonial Korea	1
Japanese Government-General of Korea	1
Japanese rule of Korea	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese colonial rule in Asia ⓘ historical period ⓘ
administeredBy	Governor-General of Korea ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ surface form: Colonial Korea Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ surface form: Japanese Korea Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ surface form: Japanese occupation of Korea
appliesToTerritory	Korean Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Korea Korean Peninsula ⓘ
capital	Seoul ⓘ surface form: Keijō Seoul ⓘ
characterizedBy	cultural assimilation policies ⓘ economic exploitation ⓘ industrialization ⓘ militarization ⓘ political repression ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
demographicImpact	Korean migration to Japan ⓘ large-scale migration of Japanese settlers to Korea ⓘ
economicActivity	development of railways in Korea ⓘ extraction of natural resources ⓘ promotion of rice production for export to Japan ⓘ
endCause	Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ surface form: Japanese surrender in World War II
endEvent	Japanese Instrument of Surrender ⓘ
endTime	1945 ⓘ
followedBy	North Korea ⓘ surface form: Division of Korea Soviet Civil Administration in Korea ⓘ United States Army Military Government in Korea ⓘ
governmentType	colonial administration ⓘ
humanRightsIssue	comfort women system ⓘ forced labor of Koreans ⓘ
legacy	division of Korea into North and South ⓘ ongoing historical disputes between Japan and Korea ⓘ
legalBasis	Korea under Japanese rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty
notableEvent	Kanto Massacre of Koreans ⓘ Korean independence movement ⓘ March 1st Movement ⓘ surface form: March 1st Independence Movement March 1st Movement ⓘ Pacific War mobilization in Korea ⓘ establishment of Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea ⓘ
notableGovernorGeneral	Jirō Minami ⓘ Saitō Makoto ⓘ Terauchi Masatake ⓘ
officialLanguage	Japanese ⓘ Korean ⓘ
partOf	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Japanese colonial empire ⓘ
policy	Japanization of education ⓘ conscription of Koreans into Japanese military ⓘ forced labor mobilization ⓘ land survey and land ownership reform ⓘ name change policy (Sōshi-kaimei) ⓘ suppression of Korean language ⓘ
precededBy	Korean Empire ⓘ
religiousPolicy	suppression of Korean nationalist religious movements ⓘ
resistance	armed guerrilla resistance in Manchuria ⓘ cultural and educational resistance movements ⓘ
rulingMonarch	Emperor Meiji ⓘ Emperor Hirohito ⓘ surface form: Emperor Shōwa Emperor Taishō ⓘ
startEvent	Korea under Japanese rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty
startTime	1910 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Korea under Japanese rule → alsoKnownAs → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Korea

Korea under Japanese rule → alsoKnownAs → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Colonial Korea

Korea under Japanese rule → alsoKnownAs → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese occupation of Korea

Peace Preservation Law of 1925 → appliedIn → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

Government-General Building → country → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

Government-General Building in Seoul → country → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

Imperial Universities of Japan → geographicScope → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

Minami Jirō → governedTerritory → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

Japanese colonial empire → hasPart → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

Jirō Minami → historicalPeriod → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese rule of Korea

Korea under Japanese rule → legalBasis → Korea under Japanese rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty

March 1st Movement → opponent → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Government-General of Korea

Minami Jirō → placeOfActivity → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty → relatedTo → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

Minami Jirō → roleIn → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese occupation of Korea

Korea under Japanese rule → startEvent → Korea under Japanese rule self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty

Korean Empire → successor → Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ

this entity surface form: Japanese Korea