I can&#x27;t speak to all your points: but yes, the Japanese were racist against the Koreans.<p>See:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;An_Investigation_of_Global_Policy_with_the_Yamato_Race_as_Nucleus" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;An_Investigation_of_Global_Pol...</a><p>&gt;A a family has harmony and reciprocity, but with a clear-cut hierarchy, the Japanese, as a purportedly racially superior people, were destined to rule Asia &quot;eternally&quot; as the head of the family of Asian nations.<p>And also:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Greater_East_Asia_Co-Prosperity_Sphere" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Greater_East_Asia_Co-Prosperit...</a><p>&gt;It explicitly states the superiority of the Japanese over other Asian races and provides evidence that the Sphere was inherently hierarchical, including the Japanese Empire&#x27;s true intention of domination over the Asian continent and Pacific Ocean.<p>&gt; The militarists saw everything only in a Japanese perspective and, even worse, they insisted that all others dealing with them should do the same. For them there was only one way to do a thing, the Japanese way; only one goal and interest, the Japanese interest; only one destiny for the East Asian countries, to become so many Manchukuos or Koreas tied forever to Japan. These racial impositions... made any real understanding between the Japanese militarists and the people of our region virtually impossible.<p>Interestingly, even Japanese propaganda asserting racial harmony itself was tinged with racism. Compare this picture of an imaginary pro-japanese chinese demonstration,<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;chineseposters.net&#x2F;gallery&#x2F;e27-165.php" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;chineseposters.net&#x2F;gallery&#x2F;e27-165.php</a><p>with another picture of japanese soldiers rescuing the chinese:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;chineseposters.net&#x2F;gallery&#x2F;e27-166.php" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;chineseposters.net&#x2F;gallery&#x2F;e27-166.php</a><p>The faces of the Chinese are ugly; nowhere near as refined or as elegant as that of the depicted Japanese in the second. One could argue this is style, but in a work that&#x27;s intended to be seen by huge volumes of people, this particular detail is one of many that points to overwhelming racism.<p>Edit: made a content edit upon further research.