Japanese Colonial Policy: The Process of its Determination and the People's Response

本研究的主要目的是考察1910年至1930年日本在朝鲜半岛的同化政策。该项目试图提取包括知识分子在内的各种参与者的声音。记者和政治家对这一政策的看法。它还审查了日本人和韩国人的意见，以及西方人的意见。这项研究具体探讨了以下问题：1）韩国殖民历史在19世纪末和20世纪初更大的全球殖民图景中处于什么位置？2)这段历史与日本其他殖民活动（如北海道、冲绳和台湾）的历史有何异同？3)在决定对朝鲜实行类似殖民政策时，争论了哪些问题？4)在决定这一政策是否合适时，日本人对被同化者有什么样的印象？5)日本人的目的是如何说服朝鲜人相信他们融入日本“种族”的好处？6）韩国对这一政策的反应是什么？这个项目的结论是，日本在朝鲜的殖民活动是边缘性的，与英国在爱尔兰、苏格兰和威尔士的殖民活动、法国在阿尔及利亚的殖民活动以及德国在阿尔萨斯和洛林的殖民活动相似。在所有情况下，殖民者鼓吹的殖民言论都是同化;他们的殖民行为表现出分离。在日本人的例子中，这种修辞试图展示与朝鲜人民存在的古老联系。从朝鲜时代开始就断绝了联系。在这里，殖民者认为他们的作用是引导殖民者，让他们“赶上”他们的日本表亲。韩国对这一政策的反应各不相同，许多关于这一主题的文章承认需要日本的帮助，尽管日本人的傲慢更少，而且条件更平等。

The primary purpose of this research project was to examine Japanese assimilation policy on the Korean peninsula from 1910 to 1930. The project sought to abstract the voices of a wide variety of participants including intellectuals. journalists, and politicians regarding this policy. It also examined opinions of Japanese and Koreans, as well as those from Western perspectives. This study specifically examined the following questions : 1) Where did Korean colonial history fit in the greater global colonial picture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century? 2) What were the similarities/differences between this history and that of other Japanese colonial activities (such as in Hokkaido, Okinawa, and Taiwan? 3) What issues were debated in the decision to make similation the colonial policy in Korean? 4) In determining this policy appropriate, what image did the Japanese have of the person to be assimilated? 5) How did the Japanese aim to convince the Korean of the merits of their assimilation into the Japanese "race"? And 6) What was the Korean reaction to this policy?This project concluded that Japanese colonial activity in Korea was peripheral and showed resemblance to that of the English in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales ; the French in Algeria ; as well as the Germans in Alsace and Lorraine. In all cases the colonial rhetoric preached by the colonizer was assimilation ; their colonial behavior demonstrated separation. In the case of the Japanese, the rhetoric tried to demonstrate ancient connections existing with the Korean people. Cnnections severed from the beginning of the Choson period. Here, the colonizer saw their role as guiding the colonized to allow them to "catch up" with their Japanese cousins. The Korean reaction to this policy varied with many writing on this topic acknowledging the need for Japanese help, albeit with less Japanese arroganceand on more equal terms.