Japan-South Korea relations/Related Articles

Parent topics

• International relations [r]: Add brief definition or description
• East Asia [r]: Region comprising China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan; also defined in cultural terms, with these nations historically or at present sharing writing systems, philosophical modes of thought, and other relationships (population about 1,600,000,000). ^[e]
• Japan [r]: East Asian country of about 3,000 islands; one of the world's largest economies; population about 125,000,000. ^[e]
• South Korea [r]: A democratic republic in East Asia, occupying the southern half of the Korean peninsula; established in 1948 after Korea's liberation from Japanese colonial rule. ^[e]

Subtopics

Current issues

• North Korea [r]: State comprising the northern Korean peninsula; officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea with Pyongyang its capital. ^[e]
  • North Korean nuclear program [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Six-Power Talks [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Dokdo [r]: Add brief definition or description

Related to Japanese occupation

• First Sino-Japanese War [r]: Fought over control of Korea by Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Restoration Japan (1894-1895); Japan gained control of Korea ^[e]
• World War Two in the Pacific [r]: The part of World War II (1937-45) fought in Asia and the Pacific Ocean between Japan and the U.S., China, Britain, Australia, and other Allies. ^[e]
  • Comfort women [r]: Add brief definition or description

Japanese policymakers

• Hirabumi Ito [r]: Leader in the Meiji Restoration, who served in the initial governments, led the development of the Constitution, and was the first Prime Minister of Japan, serving four terms in all; assassinated in 1909 while Governor-General of Korea (1905-1909) ^[e]
• Masataki Terauchi [r]: Imperial Japanese Army officer and pubic official; Prime Minister of Japan; senior in Chosu Clan. ^[e]
• Kuniaki Koiso [r]: (1880-1950) Imperial Japanese Army general, Prime Minister of Japan between July 1944 and April 1945, and a Major War Criminal sentenced to life imprisonment by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. ^[e]
• Makoto Saito [r]: Prime Minister of Japan and Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy who, while serving as Lord Privy Seal, was assassinated in the February 26, 1936 Incident ^[e]
• Shigenobu Okuma [r]: (1838-1922) Japanese diplomat, government official and educator; twice Prime Minister of Japan; founder of Waseda University; cofounder of Kenseito (Constitutional Government Party) with Taisuke Itagaki; opposed confrontation with Korea during the Meiji Restoration ^[e]
• Aritomo Yamagata [r]: In the Meiji Restoration, architect of the Imperial Japanese Army, military commander and three-time Chief of Staff; Three-time President of the Privy Council; two-time Prime Minister of Japan and genro (elder statesman) of immense influence ^[e]
• Taisuke Itagaki [r]: Japanese political leader during the Tokugawa Shogunate, the Meiji Restoration and the reign of the Taisho Emperor, who formed the first Japanese political party, and was later Prime Minister of Japan. ^[e]
• Takamori Saigo [r]: Add brief definition or description

Governors General

• Ito Hirobumi (21 Dec 1905 - 14 June 1909)
• Sone Arasuke (14 June 1909 - 30 May 1910)
• Terauchi Masatake (30 May 1910 - 9 Oct 1916)
• Hasegawa Yoshimichi (16 Oct 1916 - 12 Aug 1919)
• Saito Makoto (12 Aug 1919 - 10 Dec 1927)
• Yamanashi Hanzo (10 Dec 1927 - 17 Aug 1929)
• Saito Makoto (17 Aug 1929 - 17 June 1931)
• Ugaki Kazushige (17 June 1931 - 5 Aug 1936)
• Minami Jiro (5 Aug 1936 - 15 June 1942)
• Koiso Kuniaki (15 June 1942 - 22 July 1944)
• Nobuyuki Abe (25 July 1944 - 12 Sep 1945) *

Other related topics

• Exclusive Economic Zone [r]: Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a nation can control economic activities, such as commercial fishing, offshore drilling, etc., beyond its territorial limit, to 200 nmi from its shore ^[e]