Ethnic Koreans in Japan: Demarcation, Differentiation and Discrimination

PAC Gym

This research frames a historical overview of the demarcation, differentiation and discrimination of ethnic Koreans (Zainichi Chosenjin and Zainichi Kankokujin), the largest ethnic minority group in Japan after the Second World War. The research focus on the origin of large number of Korean migrants in Japan since Japanese colonial rule in the Korean Peninsula from 1910 to 1945, historical roles that ethnic Koreans played in the Japanese society, and most importantly, their experience of demarcation, differentiation and discrimination. The research covers two crucial moments in Japanese history: violence targeting the ethnic Korean population after the 1923 Great Kant? Earthquake and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki Bombing. Moreover, the research examines the experiences of ethnic Koreans in modern-day job market to determine whether the discrimination continues, and if so, how were ethnic Koreans identified and unfairly treated.