What are the four sufferings of the Indonesian people during the Japanese colonial era?
The following are 4 sufferings of the Indonesian people during the Japanese colonial era:
- People were forced to pay taxes to Japan when passing bridges, highways, and other public facilities.
- Japan implemented a system of forced cultivation so that the Indonesian people had to manage agriculture and give it to Japan.
- There were romusha, namely Indonesian people who were forced to work without pay.
- Japanese confiscation of people’s agricultural products. People’s agricultural products such as rice, corn, onions, and spices were confiscated by Japan without payment.