Korea under Japanese rule

Japanese colonial period in Chōsen (Korea), 1910–1945
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Korea under Japanese rule
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Korea under Japanese rule had the religion State Shinto.

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: State Shinto[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Empire of Japan[4]
  • Country: Empire of Japan[5]
  • Continent: Asia[6]
  • Instance of: former administrative territorial entity[7], political territorial entity[8]
  • Capital: Keijō[9]
  • Currency: Korean yen[10]
  • Anthem: Kimigayo[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Keiki Prefecture[12], Chūsei-hoku Prefecture[13], Chūsei-nan Prefecture[14], Zenra-hoku Prefecture[15], Zenra-nan Prefecture[16], Keishō-hoku Prefecture[17], Keishō-nan Prefecture[18], Kōkai Prefecture[19], Heian-nan Prefecture[20], Heian-hoku Prefecture[21], Kōgen Prefecture[22], Kankyō-nan Prefecture[23], Kankyō-hoku Prefecture[24]
  • Executive body: Government-General of Korea[25]
  • Part of: history of Japan–Korea relations[26]
  • Commons category: Korea under Japanese rule[27]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+08:30[28], UTC+08:00[29]
  • Inception: August 29, 1910[30]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: September 12, 1945[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Korea under Japanese rule[32]
  • Population: 13,128,780[33], 13,832,376[34], 14,566,783[35], 15,169,923[36], 15,620,720[37], 15,957,630[38], 16,309,179[39], 16,697,017[40], 16,783,510[41], 16,916,078[42], 17,059,358[43], 17,208,139[44], 17,446,913[45], 17,619,540[46]
  • Central bank: Bank of Joseon[47]
  • Office held by head of government: Governor-General of Chōsen[48]
  • Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[49]
  • Replaces: Korean Empire[50]
  • Replaced by: United States Army Military Government in Korea[51]

Why It Matters

Korea under Japanese rule has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[52] It is known by 89 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . db.history.go.kr. db.history.go.kr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Annual Statistical Report of the Governor-General of Korea. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Annual Statistical Report of the Governor-General of Korea. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Annual Statistical Report of the Governor-General of Korea. wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Annual Statistical Report of the Governor-General of Korea. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . Annual Statistical Report of the Governor-General of Korea. wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . Annual Statistical Report of the Governor-General of Korea. wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . Annual Statistical Report of the Governor-General of Korea. wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . Annual Statistical Report of the Governor-General of Korea. wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . Annual Statistical Report of the Governor-General of Korea. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Annual Statistical Report of the Governor-General of Korea. wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Annual Statistical Report of the Governor-General of Korea. wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Annual Statistical Report of the Governor-General of Korea. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Annual Statistical Report of the Governor-General of Korea. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Annual Statistical Report of the Governor-General of Korea. wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [52] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [53] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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