Second- and third-generation
Korean resident of Japan
在日韓国人2世・3世
ざいにちかんこくじんにせい・さんさい
Most of the ethnic Korean permanent residents of Japan, from both
the South and the North, are those who came between 1910, when Japan
annexed Korea as a colony, and the end of World War II (1945) and
their children and grandchildren. During World War II, many Koreans
were forcibly brought to work in Japan. Accurate figures of the
number of ethnic Koreans residing in Japan are not known, it is
believed that about 650,000 Koreans, including those who remained
in Japan at the war's end, their children, and grandchildren, currently
hold North or South Korean citizenship. The majority of these are
second- and third-generation Koreans born in Japan. Including those
who have taken Japanese citizenship and those born between a Japanese
and Korean parent, it is believed that there are about 2 million
people of Korean heritage in Japan today. |
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