C) The land was managed by the government and withheld for personal ownership. This is all because of the homestead act.
The Japanese justified their imperialism in multiple different ways, depending on what territory is in question.
For China, there was a fake attack on Japanese property, performed by the Japanese themselves, so they invaded Manchuria with the justification that their citizens were in danger.
Korea and Taiwan were justified in the sense that some countries had colonies which they used for resources and as market for their products, so the Japanese justified it in the manner that they also deserve to have such territories.
For some territories they conquered there was no real justification though, and the Japanese didn't really bothered with making excuses anymore.
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The Colonists were justified in their anger because, the soldiers were forcing their way into the home of the colonists, and the soldiers were beating people on the streets as well as being a symbol of Imperial authority, which was being hated on by the colonists because of their taxation policies.
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