The Imperialization Policy

Japanese: 皇民化政策 - こうみんかせいさく

A series of policies implemented mainly during the Fifteen Year War in Korea, Taiwan, Okinawa, and other areas occupied by the Japanese military, to incorporate residents into the wartime mobilization system as loyal subjects of the Empire of Japan. The characteristic of Japan's rule over other ethnic groups is the policy of assimilation, which was precedented in the cases of Okinawa (Ryukyu) and the Ainu, and then extended to colonized Taiwan and Korea. Korea after the Second Sino-Japanese War was a typical example of the policy of making people into Imperial subjects. Under the slogan "Japan and Korea as one," Koreans were forced to visit shrines such as the Korean Shrine, and in October 1937, they were forced to recite the "Oath of Subjects of the Imperial Nation." The following year, the Volunteer Military Order was issued, forcing the common use of Japanese, and in February 1940, the "Creation of Family Names and Names" was implemented, changing people's surnames to Japanese-style surnames.
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Japanese:

おもに15年戦争の時代に朝鮮・台湾・沖縄や日本軍占領地などで，住民を大日本帝国の忠良な臣民として戦時動員体制に組み込むために実施された一連の政策。日本の異民族支配の特質は同化政策で，沖縄（琉球）やアイヌの場合に先例が見られ，次いで植民地化した台湾や朝鮮に及んだ。日中戦争期以降の朝鮮が皇民化政策の典型で，〈内鮮一体〉のスローガンのもと，朝鮮神宮など神社参拝を強制し，1937年10月には〈皇国臣民の誓詞〉の斉唱を強要，翌年には志願兵令を公布して日本語の常用化を強い，1940年２月には日本式の氏に改める〈創氏改名〉が実施された。
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