Utoro, Uji
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Background
- Foundation of Utoro
- Conflict over eviction
- Support from Japanese people
- Breakthrough in fundraising and negotiations
- Utoro Peace Memorial Museum
- Anti-Korean sentiment
- 2021 arson incident
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
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.
When Korea was liberated at the end of World War II in 1945, many Koreans across Japan could not afford the trip back to Korea or were apprehensive of returning to the significant instability and poverty on the newly divided peninsula. Around 1,300 people stayed illegally in the district as squatters. Despite poor conditions, Koreans from across Japan moved into the village, as it was somewhere where they could support each other.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Utoro, Uji” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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