Molson Hart

What does it mean to Japanize Koreans? To a westerner they seem quite close already.

I find them quite different on average tbh, the Koreans are very hot-blooded and the Japanese not

I’ll agree with that but would say that for Japanese the rage is there, just expressed a bit differently.

you can say that about any human beings, and the difference in expression is highly relevant imho - I have spent significant time in both places and , they are quite different. That is just my 2 cents, it is a subjective question obviously...

Lot of commonalities though right? Hard work, intelligent, work well in groups, strong sense of national ethnic pride, shame culture etc Of course there are differences.

Sure, but it is the differences that matter when we are talking about whether the Japanese could "japanofy" them, yeah? They hate each other for a reason, and I would contend it has to do with the yin-yang nature of their temperaments.