After the conclusion of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty in 1910, the Governor-General of Chōasants became labourers for Japanese landowners. From the 1920s onward the Governor-General of Chōsen promoted the production of rice because Japan had been suffering from a shortage of this since the end of the 19th century. Meanwhile, many Korean farmers left their hometowns and immigrated to Japan and Manchuria because they could not afford to buy fertilizers and as a more rice was being was sent to Japan than the increase in Korean output. From the 1930s onward, industrialization was promoted on the Korean Peninsula, mainly by Japanese companies. In there ways, Korea was expected to support the Japanese economy.
- area Colonies and Occupied Territories by the Empire of Japan
- theme Colonies and Territories Occupied by the Empire of Japan
- explanation TOP ■Korea Ethnic Domination and the Oppression Dispossessed People
The Colonization of Korea
The Colonization of Korea
After the conclusion。 of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty in nineteen ten, the Governor-General of Cho-sen launched a land survey project. In this project, community land and the land whose ownership was ambiguous were turned into government-owned land, which was then sold to Japanese people. Many Korean peasants became labourers for Japanese landowners. From the nineteen twentys onward the Governor-General of Cho-sen promoted the production of rice because Japan。had been suffering from a shortage of this since the end of the 19th century. Meanwhile, many Korean farmers left their hometowns and immigrated to Japan and Manchuria。because they could not afford to buy fertilizers and as a more rice was being was sent to Japan than the increase in Korean output. From the nineteen thirtys onward, industrialization was promoted on the Korean Peninsula, mainly by Japanese companies. In there ways, Korea was expected to support the Japanese economy.