Koreans in Japan

Koreans in Japan
Lee, Sook-Kyoung

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I have a friend named Asami. She studied at my home university as an exchange student. Last winter, we went to Thailand together for sightseeing. At that time, I found she got a Korean passport. Her real name is Choi, Mami, and shefs Korean national. I could not believe that because she looked like a perfect Japanese. She told me she did not know she was Korean until she became a junior high school student. Her parents hid the fact protecting her from ethnic discrimination. I think that is also why she is using her Japanese name.
Today, approximately 700,000 North and South Korean nationals are dwelling in Japan. Although the vast majority of them were born in Japan and use Japanese as their first language, relatively few possess Japanese citizenship. It is because Japanese nationality is based on lineage, meaning that Korean descendants are no...