"They made a new government, which was a lot more Western. They made a new constitution, that was, pretty Western. And a military, that was... pretty Western. And you know what else is Western? That's right: It's conquering stuff. So what can we conquer? Korea! They conquer Korea, taking it from its previous owner, China, and then go a little bit further."

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Bill Wurtz, history of japan (3 February 2016)

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule