CHRONOLOGY
1906 |
Ito appointed Resident General of Korea Ito assassinated in 1909 Korea formally annexed by Japan in 1910 |
1905 |
Railway concession in Manchuria leads to trade penetration weakly independent Korea occupied piecemeal |
1904 |
War with Russia over Korea defeat of Russia Treaty of Portsmouth 1905 limited concessions received |
1894 |
War with China over Korea defeat of China Treaty of Shimonoseki 1895 Korea independent Taiwan ceded |
538 |
Buddhism enters Japan from Baekje one of the three Kingdoms of Korea launching Asuka Period 592 - 710 |
GLOSSARY
nissen |
Japan/pre War Korea |
sen kanji abbreviation meaning brilliant fresh indicating pre War Korea |
nitcho |
Japan/North Korea |
cho kanji abbreviation meaning morning indicating North Korea |
Niigata |
major city on Japan Sea coast |
important centre for traffic with North Korea and Russian Far East by air/sea |
nikkan |
Japan/Korea |
kan kanji meaning South Korea using rare radical tanned leather cf Nelson |
taisei |
general trend |
as kita chosen mondai no taisei the trend of the North Korea problem |