Question

During the Meiji period, Japan began building an empire, as Europe had done. Wars with China and Russia at the turn of the 20th century led to Japanese control over which country?

Philippines
Australia
Korea
Vietnam

Answer 1

after the war japan gained control of C.Korea, it happened after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Answer 2

The Japanese took control over Korea because it was divided into Western powers , and Korea struggled to maintain their culture.