Zainichi Korean history

right|thumb|A hibakusha of Hiroshima with symptomatic nuclear burns; the pattern on her skin is from the kimono she was wearing at the moment of the flash. '''''''''' ( or ; or ; or ) is a word of Japanese origin generally designating the people affected by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States at the end of World War II.

1948–49 uprising in Jeju Island, South Korea

South Korean businessman (1921–2020)

was a policy of pressuring Koreans under Japanese rule to adopt Japanese names and identify as such. The primary reason for the policy was to forcibly assimilate Koreans, as was done with the Ainu and the Ryukyuans. The has been deemed by historians as one of the many aspects of cultural genocide that the Japanese attempted to impose on their non-Japanese territories.

mass murder of Koreans in Kantō region after Kantō Earthquake 1923

Korean anarchist convicted of attempting to assassinate the royal family of Japan (1902-1974)

riots in Japan on May 1, 1952

earthquake struck Tottori prefecture, Japan on September 10, 1943 (local time)

is a district in Uji, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The district has historically been populated by Zainichi Koreans (Koreans who arrived during the Japanese colonial period and their descendants) ever since they were compelled to work in difficult conditions in the area in 1943.

1948 protests in Japan

1922 massacre of Korean labourers