After the defeat of Russia, Japan focused on the expansion of its empire, beginning with

After defeating Russia in 1905, Japan strengthened its control over Korea. It made Korea a protectorate in 1905 and formally annexed the peninsula in 1910, so the expansion began with seizing the Korean peninsula and eventually annexing it. Formosa (Taiwan) had already been ceded to Japan in 1895, before the defeat of Russia.

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