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Turning the Yellow Sea into Japan’s Caribbean Turning the Yellow Sea into Japan’s Caribbean
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Unworthy of Self-Government Unworthy of Self-Government
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Surviving the Age of Empires Surviving the Age of Empires
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The Problem of Japanese Settlers in Korea The Problem of Japanese Settlers in Korea
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1 Empires of Reform: The United States, Japan, and the End of Korean Sovereignty, 1904–1905
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Published:May 2023
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Chapter 1 explains how the United States came to welcome Japan into the circle of great powers during the Russo-Japanese War. Japan’s inclusion was tentative. For its full inclusion, American policymakers insisted that Japan demonstrate its capacity to “reform” its neighbors, much in the way that the United States had done in the Caribbean after the Spanish-American War. To meet this challenge, Japan began showcasing its capacity for imperial reform in Korea. Koreans, however, protested that Japan’s wartime activities proved that Japan was engaging in colonial exploitation, and US imperialists in Washington, including Roosevelt, became aware of the problems caused by Japanese settlers in Korea. Nevertheless, US imperialists continued to support Japan’s rule of Korea, for they believed that the Japanese would eventually learn how to build a “progressive” empire through trial and error, just as Americans were doing in the Philippines with varying degrees of success and failure.
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