Because they built infrastructure and helped modernize Taiwan and cracked down hard on crime. There was even a saying in Taiwan that " the Japanese were greedy and competent but the KMT were greedy and incompetent"
So yeah Asia would probably be better off under Japanese rule if people had been honest with themselves.
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Uberen on scored.co
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Japan took Korea from the iron age to the industrial age.
Koreans hate to admit this but it is true.