Japan built up an empire of overseas colonies in the Western Pacific/East Asia region from the late 19th century.
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Victories over China and Russia expanded the Japanese sphere of influence, notably in Formosa and Korea, but South Sakhalin became a part of metropolitan Japan as Karafuto Prefecture in 1905.
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