Japan-South Korea relations/Related Articles
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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]
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]
Colonial officials
- 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]
- 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]