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Influences on Korea: From Japanese Occupation of 1910-1945 It was in 1945 when Korea gained its independence from Japan after Japan’s ruler surrendered to the United States. This was the end of the harsh treatment of the Korean people under Japanese occupation. This historical period was equally as brutal and inhumane as the treatment of the Jews by Nazi Germany. Korea was stripped of all its rights and the Korean people were forced under Japanese reign from August 22, 1910, to August 15, 1945. During this thirty-five year rule, Japan’s occupation in Korea put a huge impact on the country. In some instances, many of Japan’s influences on Korea was beneficial, yet much of it was also a motive to strip Korea of its unique culture and transform it into a Japanese state. After being in a desperate economic situation, Japan’s main intent of occupying Korea was to exploit its natural resource such as rice, metal, and coal. Its central economy was on the brink of bankruptcy due to expenditures for fighting the Russo-Japanese War of 1904. However, in 1910, according to the Japanese Ministry of Education, Japan’s true objective was to “enlighten” and “civilize” all the people of East Asia as well as spread p