Office of the Governor-General

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The Office of the Governor-General was the top colonial administrative authority that governed Korea on behalf of the Japanese Empire during its occupation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese colonial institution ⓘ
colonial government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Korea under Japanese rule ⓘ
appliesToPeriod Japanese occupation of Korea ⓘ
appointedBy Emperor of Japan ⓘ
capital Keijō ⓘ
Seoul ⓘ
country Korea ⓘ
currency Korean yen ⓘ
dissolvedAsConsequenceOf Japan’s defeat in World War II ⓘ
endTime 1945 ⓘ
establishedAsConsequenceOf Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty ⓘ
executiveBody Governor-General’s Secretariat ⓘ
followedBy Division of Korea ⓘ
governedBy Governor-General of Korea ⓘ
hasPart Agriculture and Commerce Bureau ⓘ
Communications Bureau ⓘ
Education Bureau ⓘ
Finance Bureau ⓘ
Judicial Bureau ⓘ
Police Bureau ⓘ
Railway Bureau ⓘ
hasPolicy Japanization of Korea ⓘ
censorship and political repression ⓘ
compulsory education under Japanese control ⓘ
economic exploitation of Korea ⓘ
land survey and land ownership reorganization ⓘ
suppression of Korean independence movements ⓘ
headOfGovernment Governor-General of Korea ⓘ
legalSystem Japanese law ⓘ
legislativeBody Governor-General’s advisory council ⓘ
location Government-General Building ⓘ
Keijō ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Abe Nobuyuki ⓘ
Kōiso Kuniaki ⓘ
Minami Jirō ⓘ
Saitō Makoto ⓘ
Terauchi Masatake ⓘ
Yoshida Shigeru ⓘ
officialLanguage Japanese ⓘ
Korean ⓘ
operatedBy Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Japan
replaced Korean Empire government ⓘ
linked to: Korean Empire
replacedBy Soviet Civil Administration in the North ⓘ
United States Army Military Government in Korea ⓘ
startTime 1910 ⓘ
subordinateTo Government of the Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Government of Japan

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Government-General of Korea → executiveBody → Office of the Governor-General ⓘ
Office of the Governor-General of Korea → executiveBody → Governor-General’s Secretariat ⓘ
subject linked to: Office of the Governor-General
linked to: Office of the Governor-General