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Japanese people in South Korea

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{{Infobox ethnic group

|group = Japanese people in South Korea

|flag = {{flagicon|Japan}} {{flagicon|South Korea}}

|total = 53,670

| total_ref = {{Cite web|url=http://www.immigration.go.kr/doc_html/viewer/skin/doc.html?fn=1bb0551c98af500ae76119d0eb5fd845&rs=/doc_html/viewer/result/201807/|title=K2WebWizard}}

|total_year = 2017

|popplace = Seoul{{·}}Busan{{·}}Jeju

|langs = Japanese{{·}}Korean

|related-c = Japanese people

}}

{{Nihongo|Japanese people in South Korea|在韓日本人|Zaikan Nihonjin|lead=yes}} ({{Korean|hangul=재한일본인|rr=Jaehan Ilbonin}}) are people of Japanese ethnicity residing or living in South Korea. They are usually categorized into two categories: those who retain Japanese nationality and are present in South Korea , and those who changed their nationality to South Korean (일본계 한국인, "Ilbongye Hangugin").{{cn|date=May 2023}}

History

The history of Japanese Koreans are usually divided into two different time periods.

=Pre-colonial and colonial times (before 1945)=

During Japanese rule in Korea, the peak of the Japanese population was 752,823, circa 1942.{{cite web |title=朝鮮総督府統計年報|trans-title=Statistical yearbook of Korea 1942|year=1944 |publisher=Governor General of Korea |url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1454691?itemId=info%3Andljp%2Fpid%2F1454691&__lang=en|page=Frame Number 19}}

=Modern times (after 1945)=

Notable people

=Professors=

  • {{Ill|Hosaka Yuji|ko|호사카 유지|ja|保坂祐二}} (Originally from Tokyo, Japan)

=Entertainers=

=Singers=

= Koreans of Japanese descent =

Education

References

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{{Japanese diaspora}}

{{Immigrants and expatriates in Korea}}

South Korea

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