On this day 115 years ago, on August 22, 1910 (July 18, 1910 in the lunar calendar), Japan annexed Korea. Japanese envoy Hirofumi Ito (left in the middle of the car) and commander of the Japanese army in Korea Haodo Hasegawa (right in the car) toured Korea. On August 22, 1910, the Japanese government of Hirofumi Ito forced the Korean government to sign the "Japan-Korea Merger Treaty". The signing of the treaty marked Japan's official annexation of Korea, and Korea finally became a Japanese colony. " The text of the Japan-Korea Merger Treaty consists of eight articles, the main contents of which are: North Korea will permanently cede all its sovereignty to Japan; Japan will "respect" the Korean royal family; Japan will change its "supervision office" to "governor's office", which controls the diplomatic power of Korea. The governor is directly under the emperor of Japan, and he is responsible for the legislative, judicial and executive power of Korea. Occupying, enslaving and colonizing Korea is a long-term expansion and aggression goal of Japanese imperialism. In the early 20th century, Japanese imperialism greatly accelerated the process of annexing Korea. On February 23, 1904, North Korea was forced to sign an unequal Korea-Japan Protocol with Japan. Its main contents were: North Korea recognized Japan's right to freedom of military action in North Korea; Japan had the right to interfere in North Korea's internal affairs; North Korea could not sign any treaty with a third country without Japan's consent. On August 22 of the same year, Japan forced North Korea to sign the first Korea-Japan Entente. The agreement made North Korea's financial and diplomatic power effectively fall into the hands of the Japanese. On November 9, 1905, Japanese envoy Hirobun Ito rushed to Seoul to force South Korea to make a statement. On November 18, South Korea was forced to sign the Japan-Korea Protection Treaty. In July 1907, Japan forced Korea to sign the second and third "Korea-Japan Entente" (also known as the "Oosi Protection Treaty" and the "Dingwei Article 7 Treaty" respectively). According to the treaty, Korea's internal affairs and foreign affairs were directly under the responsibility of the Japanese. Diplomats from all countries had to withdraw from Korea, and Japan established a "Governor's Office" in Seoul. After the signing of the Japan-Korea merger treaty, the Japanese imperialists carried out an extremely brutal colonial rule over Korea for 35 years, which aroused strong dissatisfaction and resistance from the Korean people. Hirobun Ito (left 1), his wife and family