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The Government-General of Chōsen Building ( Korean : 조선총독부 청사 ; RR : Joseon-chongdokbu Cheongsa ), also known as the Japanese General Government Building and the Seoul Capitol, was a building located in Jongno District of Seoul, South Korea, from 1926 to 1996. The Government-General Building was constructed by the Empire of Japan ...
The Japanese government had hoped emigration to its colonies would mitigate the population boom in the naichi(内地), [65] but had largely failed to accomplish this by 1936. [66] According to figures from 1934, Japanese in Chōsen numbered approximately 561,000 out of a total population of over 21 million, less than 3%.
When the Empire of Japan annexed the Korean Empire, it made Seoul the colonial capital. While under colonial rule (1910–1945), the city was called Keijō (京城); (Korean: 경성, romanized: Gyeongseong or Kyongsong, literally meaning "capital city" in Hanja.). [25]
The Empire of Japan, [ c] also referred to as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation-state [ d] that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947. [ 8] From 29 August 1910 until 2 September 1945, it administered the naichi (the Japanese archipelago, Kuril ...
Shingminji Yŏksa Pangmulgwan. The Museum of Japanese Colonial History in Korea ( Korean : 식민지역사박물관) is a privately owned history museum in the Yongsan District of Seoul, South Korea. Its collections cover the period between 1910 and 1945 when Korea was under Japanese rule. The museum is operated by Center for Historical Truth ...
1940 – Joseon Grand Exposition held in Seoul. 1945 – National Library of Korea and National Museum of Korea established. 1946. City renamed "Seoul" (approximate date). [citation needed] Kim Hyongmin becomes mayor. Seoul National University established. 1947 – Samsung Sanghoe in business. 1948.
Seongjeosimni ( Korean : 성저십리; Hanja : 城底十里, or sometimes romanized as Seongjeo Shibri [2]) was the peripheral area of Joseon 's capital city, Hanseongbu [ ko] ( 한성부 ), literally meaning areas 10 Ri (Korean mile) around the Fortress Wall of Seoul. Though this area was outside of the Fortress Wall, clearly it was a suburb ...
The administrative structure of the government of the Empire of Japan on the eve of the Second World War broadly consisted of the Cabinet, the civil service, local and prefectural governments, the governments-general of Chosen (Korea) and Formosa (Taiwan) and the colonial offices. It underwent several changes during the wartime years, and was ...