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The majority of Koreans in Japan are Zainichi Koreans (在日韓国・朝鮮人, Zainichi Kankoku/Chōsenjin), often known simply as Zainichi (在日, lit. 'in Japan'), who are ethnic Korean permanent residents of Japan. The term Zainichi Korean refers only to long-term Korean residents of Japan who trace their roots to Korea under Japanese ...
- Tokyo Korean High School
Tokyo Korean Middle and High School (東京朝鮮中高級学校 Tōkyō Chōsen...
- Korea under Japanese rule
Contents. Korea under Japanese rule. From 1910 to 1945,...
- Tokyo Korean High School
The Korean diaspora consists of around 7.3 million people, both descendants of early emigrants from the Korean Peninsula, as well as more recent emigrants from Korea. Around 84.5% of overseas Koreans live in just five countries: China, the United States, Japan, Canada, and Uzbekistan. [1]
Chosŏnjŏk. Chōsen-seki (朝鮮籍, lit. 'Korean domicile') is a legal status assigned by the Japanese government to ethnic Koreans in Japan who do not have Japanese nationality and who have not registered as South Korean nationals. The status arose following the end of World War II, when many Koreans lost Japanese nationality.
- 조선적
- ちょうせんせき
Over 200,000 ethnic Koreans fought for the Japanese empire. By 1945, the number of Koreans peaked at approximately 2 million. Many Koreans in Japan suffered war-related injuries and deaths (approximately 239,000 according to some scholars). Up to 30,000 ethnic Koreans died in the atomic bomb explosion in Hiroshima.
