Crossing National Borders 1910
Following the conclusion of the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1876 (also known as the Japan-Korea Treaty of Amity), the Empire of Japan opened Korea to the rest of the world and founded a Japanese settlement in Busan, where many Japanese people, particularly merchants, began to settle. Following Japan’s victories in the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, increasing numbers of Japanese people began to embrace aspirations to settle in the new colonies. At the time of the Japanese annexation of Korea, the number of Japanese residents in Korea was around 170,000. Under the rule of the Governor-General of Chosen, Japanese people maintained a dominant position over Koreans. Many Korean farmers also lost their land due to a land survey project. Driven away by Japanese settlers, many Koreans immigrated to either Japan or Manchuria.
The Empire of Japan and the Emigration of People
Crossing National Borders nineteen ten
Following the conclusion of the Japan-Korea Treaty of eighteen seventy-six (also known as the Japan-Korea Treaty of Amity), the Empire of Japan opened Korea to the rest of the world and founded a Japanese settlement in Busan, where many Japanese people, particularly merchants, began to settle. Following Japan’s victories in the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War, increasing numbers of Japanese people began to embrace aspirations to settle in the new colonies. At the time of the Japanese annexation of Korea, the number of Japanese residents in Korea was around 170,000. Under the rule of the Governor-General of Chosen, Japanese people maintained a dominant position over Koreans. Many Korean farmers also lost their land due to a land survey project. Driven away by Japanese settlers, many Koreans immigrated to either Japan or Manchuria.
