- What are some benefits of colonizing Korea.
The Japanese government created a system of colonial mercantilism, requiring construction of significant transportation on the Korean Peninsula for the purpose of taking and making resources such as raw materials, foodstuff , and mineral resources (coal and iron ore) for the wars. The Japanese developed port facilities and an extensive railway system which included a main railway from the southern port city of Pusan through the capital of Seoul and north to the Chinese border. The purpose of making this is to develop the trade systems and to sell the products from the Japan to Korea expensively and to trade with other countries. From the late 1920s and into the 1930s, particularly during the time of Japanese Governor General Kazushige Ugaki, concentrated efforts were made to build up the industrial base in Korea. This was true plant to Japan to make heavy industry, such as chemical plants and steel mills, and munition production that are necessary for the war. The Japanese military felt it would be beneficial to have production for a future war with China. By the early 1930s, Japanese investment was curtailed by the Great Depression, competition for investment opportunities from the potentially more lucrative Manchukuo and by Japan's own limited economic capacity. As Imperial Japan began feeling the strains of World War II, Japan carried out a colonial exploitation policy in Korea.