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