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Manchuria, Japan's largest state-backed settler project of the 20th century. It was reversed despite appearing unstoppable. (xhslink.com)

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[–] Comprehensive49@lemmygrad.ml 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Technically, Japanese people could claim that several centuries ago they traveled from the Chinese mainland to Japan, so they are just taking back their previous homeland. This is the excuse that Israelis use.

[–] demeritum@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 5 days ago

Korea used to speak a japonic language until the 7th century, so that would be a better claim.