Governor-General of Korea

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The post of Governors-General of Korea (Korean: 조선총독, Hanja: 朝鮮總督, Japanese: 朝鮮総督) served as the chief representative of the Japanese government in Korea while it was held as the Japanese colony of Chōsen from 1910 to 1945. The seat of the Japanese colonial government was the Japanese General Government Building, completed in 1926.

According to Korean legal thought, de jure sovereignty was not transferred to the Emperor of Japan with the forced end of the Joseon dynasty, such that the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea became the de jure government of the Korean people from 1919 to 1948, and the foreign governors merely exercised de facto rule for the period.

After the Japanese defeat in World War II Korea came under US and Soviet control. After 1948, power passed to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea.

Governors-General

  1. Count Terauchi Masatake (1910–1916)
  2. Count Yoshimichi Hasegawa (1916–1919)
  3. Viscount Makoto Saito (1919–1927)
  4. General Kazushige Ugaki (1927)
  5. General Hanzo Yamanashi (1927–1929)
  6. Viscount Saito (second time 1929–1931)
  7. General Kazushige Ugaki (second time 1931–1936)
  8. General Jiro Minami (1936–1942)
  9. Kuniaki Koiso (1942–1944)
  10. Nobuyuki Abe (1944–1945)

Residents-General

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Flag of the Japanese Resident General of Korea (Tohkanki)
From 1905 to 1910 Korea was a protectorate of Japan and Japan was represented by a Resident-General.
  1. Prince Ito Hirobumi (1905–1909)
  2. Baron Sone Arasuke(1909)
  3. Count Terauchi Masatake (1909–1910)

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A Governor-General is most generally a governor of high rank, or a principal governor ranking above "ordinary" governors.[1] In Canada the title Governor General
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Capital Seoul, Pyongyang

Largest conurbation (population) Seoul
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Korea under Japanese rule was the period when Korea was a part of the Japanese Empire from 1910 to 1945. Japan's involvement began with the 1876 Treaty of Ganghwa during the Joseon Dynasty of Korea and increased with the subsequent assassination of Empress Myeongseong at
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Japanese Government-General Building (often referred to outside Korea as the Seoul Capitol) was the chief administrative building in Seoul during the Japanese occupation of Korea and the seat of the Governor-General of Korea.
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De jure (in Classical Latin de iure) is an expression that means "based on law", as contrasted with de facto, which means "in fact". De jure should not be confused with the French du jour
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Joseon (July 1392 - August 1910) (also Chosŏn, Choson, Chosun), was a sovereign state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye in what is modern day Korea, and lasted for approximately five centuries as one of the world's longest running monarchies.
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Capital Pyongyang

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Count Masatake Terauchi (寺内 正毅 Terauchi Masatake
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Yoshimichi Hasegawa (長谷川好道 Hasegawa Yoshimichi
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General Hanzo Yamanashi (1865 - 1944) was Governor-General of Korea from 1927 to 1929.

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Governor-General of Korea

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A Resident, or in full Resident Minister, is a state official of certain representative -diplomatic and/or colonial- types, required to take up permanent residency abroad officially.
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Baron Arasuke Sone (曾禰荒助 Sone Arasuke
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Count Masatake Terauchi (寺内 正毅 Terauchi Masatake
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The position of Governor-General of Taiwan (臺灣總督府)
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History of Korea
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Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea are complex and multi-faceted. Anti-Japanese attitudes in the Korean Peninsula can be traced far back to the Japanese pirates raids and Japanese invasions of Korea (1592-1598), but are largely a product of the period of Japanese rule in Korea from
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Japanese militarism (日本軍國主義/日本軍国主義) refers to militarism in Japan, the philosophical belief that military personnel (army or navy) should exercise full power in Japan.
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