Zainichi

English

Noun

Zainichi (plural Zainichis or Zainichi)

1. A long-term Korean resident of Japan whose ancestry dates to Korea under Japanese rule.
   • 2019 February 25, Motoko Rich, “‘We Are Koreans’: Diaspora in Japan Looks to Trump-Kim Summit With Hope”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 25, 2019, Asia Pacific‎^[2]:

     Beginning in the late 1950s, Japan offered to help repatriate the Zainichi, many of whom were attracted to North Korea’s socialist promises and an economy then larger than the South’s. Nearly 100,000 people moved, including Mr. Oshima’s parents and siblings.

Further reading

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