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Since the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876 and up to World War II, Koreans sought asylum and educational opportunities that were available in Japan. In 1910, the Japan-Korean Annexation Treaty was established and it stated that Koreans would be granted Japanese citizenship by law because Korea was annexed by Japan.
Twenty-six years later, the Japanese Diet passed the Special Law on Immigration Control and categorized Zainichi Koreans who have lived without any gap since the end of World War II or before and their lineal descendants as Special Permanent Residents. [61] The fingerprint requirement for Zainichi Koreans was terminated by 1993. [14]
With regard to Chōsen-seki individuals, Japanese courts have generally applied South Korean law, but in some cases have applied North Korean law or Japanese law (in the latter case, treating the individual as stateless). [1] Some Chōsen-seki individuals report discrimination based on their status, as it is associated with North Korea. [5]
Successive anti-Korean laws impeded ethnic Koreans' ability to seek employment in professions that were deemed to be “Japanese professions," which included the majority of public and private sector work. As a result, a large number of Koreans began to work in alcohol production and scrap recycling, or engage in criminal activity. [13] Many ...
On 7 October 2013, in a rare ruling on racial discrimination against ethnic Koreans, a Japanese court ordered an anti-Korean group, Zaitokukai, to stop "hate speech" protests against a Korean school in Kyoto and pay the school 12.26 million yen ($126,400 U.S.) in compensation for protests that took place in 2009 and 2010. [56] [57]
The Young Koreans Against Ethnic Discrimination in Japan (Japanese: 民族差別と闘う連絡協議会), abbreviated as Mintohren or Mintōren, is a grass-roots movement created by young Koreans in Japan ("Zainichi Koreans") to combat ethnic discrimination by encouraging a multicultural and positive approach to integration of Koreans into Japanese society.
The series is in Japanese, Korean and English with subtitles and is based on Korean-American author Min Jin Lee's novel, titled after a Japanese game played in arcades where ethnic Koreans often ...
In 1909, the Korean Empire established a civil registration law, starting the creation of a modern family registry system. With regard to the recording of details about women such as the father's surname, age, and connection to the registry holder, due to attention that needed to be given to avoiding conflict with Korean customs, the drafting of the law was not completed until April 1910, just ...