Back الكوريون في اليابان Arabic Koreanische Minderheit in Japan German Coreanos en Japón Spanish کرهایها در ژاپن Persian Japanin korealaiset Finnish Zainichi French Zainicsi Hungarian Orang Korea di Jepang ID Coreani in Giappone Italian 在日韓国・朝鮮人 Japanese
在日韓国・朝鮮人 재일 한국・조선인 | |
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| Total population | |
| 434,461 (in December, 2023)  South Korea: 410,156(in December, 2023)[1]  North Korea: 24,305(in December, 2023)[2] Details:
(Reference: Cumulative naturalization permission from South Korea / Chosen-seki 375,518 (until the end of December 2018)[3]) | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Tokyo (Shin-Ōkubo) · Osaka Prefecture (Ikuno-ku) | |
| Languages | |
| Japanese · Korean (Zainichi Korean) | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism · Shinto/Korean Shamanism · Christianity · Irreligion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Korean people · Sakhalin Koreans |
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Koreans in Japan (在日韓国人・在日本朝鮮人・朝鮮人, Zainichi Kankokujin/Zainihon Chōsenjin/Chōsenjin) comprise ethnic Koreans who have permanent residency status in Japan or who have become Japanese citizens, and whose immigration to Japan originated before 1945, or who are descendants of those immigrants. They are a group distinct from South Korean nationals who have immigrated to Japan after the end of World War II and the division of Korea.
They currently constitute the second largest ethnic minority group in Japan after Chinese immigrants, due to many Koreans assimilating into the general Japanese population.[4] The majority of Koreans in Japan are Zainichi Koreans (在日韓国・朝鮮人, Zainichi Kankoku/Chōsenjin), often known simply as Zainichi (在日, lit. 'in Japan'), who are ethnic Korean permanent residents of Japan. The term Zainichi Korean refers only to long-term Korean residents of Japan who trace their roots to Korea under Japanese rule, distinguishing them from the later wave of Korean migrants who came mostly in the 1980s,[5] and from pre-modern immigrants dating back to antiquity who may themselves be the ancestors of the Japanese people.[6]
The Japanese word "Zainichi" itself means a foreign citizen "staying in Japan", and implies temporary residence.[7] Nevertheless, the term "Zainichi Korean" is used to describe settled permanent residents of Japan, both those who have retained their Joseon or North Korean/South Korean nationalities, and even sometimes includes Japanese citizens of Korean descent who acquired Japanese nationality by naturalization or by birth from one or both parents who have Japanese citizenship.
- ^ 令和５年末現在における在留外国人数について
- ^ a b [1]
- ^ 帰化許可申請者数，帰化許可者数及び帰化不許可者数の推移 Archived 2019-04-03 at the Wayback Machine 法務省民事局 (Changes in the number of naturalization permit applicants, the number of naturalization permit persons, and the number of non-naturalization permit persons] Civil Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice)
- ^ Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (July 2021). "国籍・地域別 在留資格（在留目的）別 在留外国人" [Foreigners by nationality and by visas (occupation)].
- ^ Hester, Jeffry T. (2008). "Datsu Zainichi-ron: An emerging discourse on belonging among Ethnic Koreans in Japan". In Nelson H. H.; Ertl, John; Tierney, R. Kenji (eds.). Multiculturalism in the new Japan: crossing the boundaries within. Berghahn Books. p. 144–145. ISBN 978-1-84545-226-1.
- ^ Diamond, Jared (June 1, 1998). "In Search of Japanese Roots". Discover Magazine.
- ^ Fukuoka, Yasunori; Gill, Tom (2000). Lives of young Koreans in Japan. Trans-Pacific Press. p. xxxviii. ISBN 978-1-876843-00-7.
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