There was a time when some scholars tended to theorize that the Imperial Japanese Army tried to legitimize their militaristic advance into Korean peninsula by Empire of Japan; therefore, the efforts of the Imperial Japanese Army were directed in altering any inconvenient historical facts on Inscription on the Gwanggaeto Stele (a theory introduced by Rijinhi, a Professor of Wako University).
一時期、現在の広開土王碑碑文は大日本帝国陸軍が大日本帝国の半島進出を正当化するため不都合な歴史を改竄したものであるという説を唱える向きがあったが（李進煕和光大名誉教授説）。