Zainichi Koreans are Koreans who immigrated (or were forcibly brought) to Japan before 1945, and the descendants of such immigrants. Yu has been the subject of anti-Korean racism in Japan for years, including bomb and other death threats.
buff.ly/6ni0SXv
buff.ly/6ni0SXv
Miri Yu - Wikipedia
Miri Yu (ゆう みり, Yū Miri; Korean: 유미리; born June 22, 1968) is a Zainichi Korean playwright, novelist, and essayist. Yu writes in Japanese, her native language, but is a citizen of South Korea.
en.wikipedia.org
July 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Zainichi Koreans are Koreans who immigrated (or were forcibly brought) to Japan before 1945, and the descendants of such immigrants. Yu has been the subject of anti-Korean racism in Japan for years, including bomb and other death threats.
buff.ly/6ni0SXv
buff.ly/6ni0SXv
NEW: A hotel in Tokyo asked a Zainichi Korean woman to check in under a Japanese alias instead of her real name. When she refused, they made her leave. She's suing in a case that highlights how many hotels demand ID that the law doesn't require.
A Tokyo Hotel Asked for Her Japanese Name. She Sued Instead
A Zainichi Korean woman is suing a hotel in Tokyo after they refused to let her check in under her Korean name.
unseen-japan.com
September 13, 2026 at 11:42 PM
NEW: A hotel in Tokyo asked a Zainichi Korean woman to check in under a Japanese alias instead of her real name. When she refused, they made her leave. She's suing in a case that highlights how many hotels demand ID that the law doesn't require.
If Japan establishes a bantustan for Zainichi Chosenjin, I will also criticize that
June 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
If Japan establishes a bantustan for Zainichi Chosenjin, I will also criticize that
The website promoted by the Shibuya arsonist reveals him to be a far-right conspiracy theorist, obsessed with the idea that Zainichi Koreans have taken over Japan with the help of the "deep state."
In 2025 he wrote a letter asking Elon Musk and Trump for help.
In 2025 he wrote a letter asking Elon Musk and Trump for help.
April 4, 2026 at 12:13 AM
The website promoted by the Shibuya arsonist reveals him to be a far-right conspiracy theorist, obsessed with the idea that Zainichi Koreans have taken over Japan with the help of the "deep state."
In 2025 he wrote a letter asking Elon Musk and Trump for help.
In 2025 he wrote a letter asking Elon Musk and Trump for help.
A Zainichi Korean resident of Mie says the survey amounts to discrimination and is asking the prefecture not to release the results.
Source: www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/487423
Source: www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/487423
May 13, 2026 at 2:06 AM
A Zainichi Korean resident of Mie says the survey amounts to discrimination and is asking the prefecture not to release the results.
Source: www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/487423
Source: www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/487423
The presence of ethnic Koreans in Japan, or "zainichi Koreans," is one of the legacies of Japanese colonialism. A Nation Within provides analysis of politics among zainichi Koreans & reshapes our understanding of Japanese history, Korean history, and the Cold War in Asia
https://ow.ly/HJjx50YASGU
https://ow.ly/HJjx50YASGU
March 31, 2026 at 3:02 PM
The presence of ethnic Koreans in Japan, or "zainichi Koreans," is one of the legacies of Japanese colonialism. A Nation Within provides analysis of politics among zainichi Koreans & reshapes our understanding of Japanese history, Korean history, and the Cold War in Asia
https://ow.ly/HJjx50YASGU
https://ow.ly/HJjx50YASGU
Starter pack on Japanese/Japan/Japanophone, Ainu, Okinawan, and Zainichi literature scholars, librarians, translators, publishers, etc. Please let me know if I missed you (or if you prefer to be removed).
go.bsky.app/Ur8Zo7r
go.bsky.app/Ur8Zo7r
November 14, 2024 at 12:33 AM
Starter pack on Japanese/Japan/Japanophone, Ainu, Okinawan, and Zainichi literature scholars, librarians, translators, publishers, etc. Please let me know if I missed you (or if you prefer to be removed).
go.bsky.app/Ur8Zo7r
go.bsky.app/Ur8Zo7r
February 23, 2026 at 5:25 AM
The zainichi generation are fascinating, the Taiwanese ones especially often are still imperial apologists because the invasion there was simply a generation ahead of the rest of Asia and it's a weird contrast to the deep enmity every other nation has for imperial Japan's never apologized for crimes
In 1952, Japan stripped Japanese nationality from Koreans and Taiwanese who had held it under the empire. No one was given a choice; the decree was issued by government circular. Their descendants hold special permanent residency today.
A Tokyo Hotel Asked for Her Japanese Name. She Sued Instead
A Zainichi Korean woman is suing a hotel in Tokyo after they refused to let her check in under her Korean name.
unseen-japan.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:55 AM
The zainichi generation are fascinating, the Taiwanese ones especially often are still imperial apologists because the invasion there was simply a generation ahead of the rest of Asia and it's a weird contrast to the deep enmity every other nation has for imperial Japan's never apologized for crimes
Chiitan: I love all gay and sexualities! I love you no matter who you are!
Zainichi San: I am…. The bad….. Korean
Zainichi San: I am…. The bad….. Korean
May 18, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Chiitan: I love all gay and sexualities! I love you no matter who you are!
Zainichi San: I am…. The bad….. Korean
Zainichi San: I am…. The bad….. Korean
I mean I have strong feelings on why Japan as an ethnostate is bad. See the treatment of Zainichi Koreans for example.
May 12, 2026 at 9:38 PM
I mean I have strong feelings on why Japan as an ethnostate is bad. See the treatment of Zainichi Koreans for example.
Most foreign residents in Japan must carry a residence card at all times. Special permanent residents, most of them Zainichi Koreans, aren't issued one at all. A Tokyo hotel demanded it anyway, then refused entry to a guest who had booked a room.
A Tokyo Hotel Asked for Her Japanese Name. She Sued Instead
A Zainichi Korean woman is suing a hotel in Tokyo after they refused to let her check in under her Korean name.
unseen-japan.com
September 15, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Most foreign residents in Japan must carry a residence card at all times. Special permanent residents, most of them Zainichi Koreans, aren't issued one at all. A Tokyo hotel demanded it anyway, then refused entry to a guest who had booked a room.
[Insider] As right-wing media in Japan ramps up its attacks on minorities, some are fighting back. Learn how one bestselling author is pulling her work after her publisher ran a column targeting Zainichi Korean writers.
[Insider] A Famous Japanese Novelist Dumps Her Publisher After Discriminatory Column
Yuzuki Asako's former publisher has a history of running inflammatory columns. The latest was the last straw for the author.
unseen-japan.com
May 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
[Insider] As right-wing media in Japan ramps up its attacks on minorities, some are fighting back. Learn how one bestselling author is pulling her work after her publisher ran a column targeting Zainichi Korean writers.
Zainichi Korean advocacy, the LDP, Zenkyoto, Racism & AntiBlackness in Japan, all in one Earth-shattering Kamen Rider show...
New thumbnail, same video.
LINK: youtu.be/iGhaQ5P1OBs
New thumbnail, same video.
LINK: youtu.be/iGhaQ5P1OBs
March 8, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Zainichi Korean advocacy, the LDP, Zenkyoto, Racism & AntiBlackness in Japan, all in one Earth-shattering Kamen Rider show...
New thumbnail, same video.
LINK: youtu.be/iGhaQ5P1OBs
New thumbnail, same video.
LINK: youtu.be/iGhaQ5P1OBs
And yes that is what’s happening but a more apt comparison might be how you’d feel if your 3rd generation zainichi friend, your friend on a student visa or your foreign mom friend with PR and a mortgage got arrested for no reason. But honestly I’m not sure I even want to know the answer to that.
January 17, 2026 at 9:23 AM
And yes that is what’s happening but a more apt comparison might be how you’d feel if your 3rd generation zainichi friend, your friend on a student visa or your foreign mom friend with PR and a mortgage got arrested for no reason. But honestly I’m not sure I even want to know the answer to that.
Just putting this out there: Referring to Japanese citizens who are ethnically Korean as "Zainichi Koreans", and especially using "Zainichi" as a noun referring specifically to ethnic Koreans, is not something white anglophones who consider themselves progressives should be doing.
May 9, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Just putting this out there: Referring to Japanese citizens who are ethnically Korean as "Zainichi Koreans", and especially using "Zainichi" as a noun referring specifically to ethnic Koreans, is not something white anglophones who consider themselves progressives should be doing.
Not if you're an Ainu. or a Zainichi Korean
December 1, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Not if you're an Ainu. or a Zainichi Korean
The debut feature by Son Myong A, a third-generation Zainichi filmmaker, is an intimate examination of a teenage girl grappling with her Korean cultural heritage in Tokyo. 👉 ebx.sh/A9VBeD
July 19, 2026 at 12:50 AM
The debut feature by Son Myong A, a third-generation Zainichi filmmaker, is an intimate examination of a teenage girl grappling with her Korean cultural heritage in Tokyo. 👉 ebx.sh/A9VBeD
So Japanese companies would need to disclose who is Zainichi? Sounds really great. Just wonderful stuff.
1/ The Trump Administration is seeking to force foreign companies worldwide to ban diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programmes within their firms if they want to do business with the US government. It's an aggressive expansion of its anti-DEI crusade. ⬇️
March 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
So Japanese companies would need to disclose who is Zainichi? Sounds really great. Just wonderful stuff.
So excited to get a copy of @sayakachatani.bsky.social (with Kumhee Cho)'s new book. In sheer awe of the amazing research, incl. more than 200 interviews with members of the Zainichi/Chongryon community. I'll be moderating a book talk in June, so please join! mjha.org/event-6602790
March 31, 2026 at 1:55 AM
So excited to get a copy of @sayakachatani.bsky.social (with Kumhee Cho)'s new book. In sheer awe of the amazing research, incl. more than 200 interviews with members of the Zainichi/Chongryon community. I'll be moderating a book talk in June, so please join! mjha.org/event-6602790
In 1952, Japan stripped Japanese nationality from Koreans and Taiwanese who had held it under the empire. No one was given a choice; the decree was issued by government circular. Their descendants hold special permanent residency today.
A Tokyo Hotel Asked for Her Japanese Name. She Sued Instead
A Zainichi Korean woman is suing a hotel in Tokyo after they refused to let her check in under her Korean name.
unseen-japan.com
September 21, 2026 at 1:00 AM
In 1952, Japan stripped Japanese nationality from Koreans and Taiwanese who had held it under the empire. No one was given a choice; the decree was issued by government circular. Their descendants hold special permanent residency today.
Japan has a lot of immigrant workers because of population and age demographics. This isnt any excuse, but rather its worth knowing something about the issue. Anyway a lot of the complaints are often about zainichi koreans who have been there for generations already. Its the same shit we see here
Apparently 36% of Japanese voters believe that "immigrants are taking our jobs" bro what immigrants does Japan even have?? ATP a solid like 40% of voters *in every country* are just driven by completely imaginary grievances
July 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Japan has a lot of immigrant workers because of population and age demographics. This isnt any excuse, but rather its worth knowing something about the issue. Anyway a lot of the complaints are often about zainichi koreans who have been there for generations already. Its the same shit we see here
The debut feature by Son Myong A, a third-generation Zainichi filmmaker, is an intimate examination of a teenage girl grappling with her Korean cultural heritage in Tokyo.
ebx.sh
July 17, 2026 at 4:46 AM
The debut feature by Son Myong A, a third-generation Zainichi filmmaker, is an intimate examination of a teenage girl grappling with her Korean cultural heritage in Tokyo.
recommend (esp if you can read Korean) this manhwa called Osaka Loop Line. a Zainichi Korean boy gets mixed up with the yakuza in 1968 Osaka and is asked to help evict a Korean shantytown to help build the Osaka Loop Line subway. compelling tale about identity, displacement, and finding a home
July 2, 2026 at 7:05 PM
recommend (esp if you can read Korean) this manhwa called Osaka Loop Line. a Zainichi Korean boy gets mixed up with the yakuza in 1968 Osaka and is asked to help evict a Korean shantytown to help build the Osaka Loop Line subway. compelling tale about identity, displacement, and finding a home
The surge in anti-immigrant sentiment in Japan has led to increasing online attacks against award-winning author Yu Miri (TOKYO UENO STATION). Attackers tell her not to write in Japanese and "go home."
Yu is Zainichi Korean, born in Japan. Japanese is her native language.
Yu is Zainichi Korean, born in Japan. Japanese is her native language.
July 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The surge in anti-immigrant sentiment in Japan has led to increasing online attacks against award-winning author Yu Miri (TOKYO UENO STATION). Attackers tell her not to write in Japanese and "go home."
Yu is Zainichi Korean, born in Japan. Japanese is her native language.
Yu is Zainichi Korean, born in Japan. Japanese is her native language.