Japanese Language Dissemination Policies in Colonial Korea

Akiyasu Kumatani is Professor at the Faculty of Foreign Language Studies in Kansai University, Japan.

1. Preface 2. Historical Changes of Japanese Language Education Policies by the Government-General of Korea 3. Changes of the Literacy Rate and Bilingual Language Use Among the Koreans 4. Reinforcement of the ‘Compulsory Use of Japanese Policy’ under the ‘National Polity’, ‘Unity of Japan and Korea’ and ‘Imperial Subjects’ Policies 5. Promotion of the ‘Full Japanese Literacy Rate’ and ‘Compulsory Use of Japanese’ Policies Following the Cabinet Decision (in May 1942) to Introduce a Draft System in Korea 6. ‘One Japanese Word a Day (Ichi-Nichi Ichi-Go) Movement 7. Prohibition of the Korean Language and Enforcement of the ‘Compulsory Use of Japanese’ Policy 8. The ‘Compulsory Use of Japanese’ Policy with Reward and Punishment 9. Promotion of Mixed Language Use with Japanese Vocabulary 10. Korean Language Society Incident (1942) and Following Oppression on Standardization and Enlightenment of the Korean Language 11. Changes in the Japanese Section of ‘Daily News (Mae-il Shinbo)’ the Official Publication by the Government-General of Korea (Korean Edition) 12. Repulsion from the Korean People toward the ‘Total Japanese Literacy Rate’ and ‘Compulsory Use of Japanese’ Movements 13. Changes of the Korean Language Caused by Interference from the Japanese Language and Nationalist Response from the Koreans 14. Language Situation and Language Policies in South Korea After the Liberation in 1945