KOREANS IN JAPAN
ZAINICHI KANKOKUJIN
I. BACKGROUND
A. MEMBERSHIP TERMS
1. SUBJECT - STATUS DIFFERENCES (NAICHIJIN / GAICHIJIN)
2. CITIZEN
3. NATIONAL
4. REGISTRATION - (GAIKOKUJIN TOROKU)
B. FAMILY MEMBERSHIP
1. FAMILY STRUCTURE - SOCIAL / RELIGIOUS
2. LINEAGE
3. REGISTRATION (KOSEKI TOHON)
II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
A. PRIOR TO 1800'S (KOREANS AS CULTURAL
BEARERS)
B. MEIJI RESTORATION - SEIKAN RON
C. SADAE - WESTERN IMPACT ON POLITICAL ALIGNMENTS IN ASIA
1. SINO-JAPANESE WA 1894-95
2. RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR 1904-05
D. COLONIAL PERIOD 1910 -1945.
1. ASSIMILATION
2. IMPACT ON PENNINSULA
3. EDUCATION
E. KOREANS UNDER SUPREME COMMAND OF ALLIED POWERS (SCAP)
1. "LIBERATED NATIONALS" REPATRIATION -
2. ALIEN CONTROL/SECURITY ISSUES
F. 1951 EFFECTS OF KOREAN WAR
III. TREATIES
A. TREATY OF ANNEXATION 1910
B. SAN FRANCISCO TREATY 1951
C. ROK-JAPAN NORMALIZATION TREATY
1965
IV LAWS
A. NATIONALITY LAW 0F 1899
BIRTH, MARRIAGE, ADOPTION
B. 1947 ALIEN REGISTRATION LAW
1. REGISTER CHANGE OF ADDRESS WITHIN 14 DAYS
2. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS
3. MUST CARRY REGISTRATION CARD
4. INDIVIDUALS BECOME LEGAL ADULTS AT AGE 13
5. VIOLATORS CAN BE DEPORTED/IMPRISONED
C. NATIONALITY LAW OF 1950
1. BY BIRTH
2. ACQUIRED BY NATURALIZATION
INDIVIDUAL MUST FILE, APPROVED BY MIN. OF JUSTICE
a. RESIDENCE -5 YEARS OR MORE
b. AGE - 20
c. GOOD BEHAVIOR
d. ABLE TO MAKE A LIVING
e. STATELESS OR PLEDGE TO RENOUNCE PREVIOUS NATIONALITY
f. NEVER ATTEMPTED TO OVERTHROW THE JAPANESE CONSTITUTION
D. IMMIGRATION CONTROL ORDER OF 1952
1. ESTABLISHED CATEGORIES OF VISA / LENGTH OF STAY
2. APPLIES TO THOSE WHO ENTER JAPAN AFTER 1945
3. PERMANENT RESIDENCE - STATUS 4-1-14
a. 10 YEARS RESIDENCE
b. 20 YEARS OLD OR OLDER
c. GOOD HEALTH
d. GOOD CONDUCT
e. CAN'T CHANGE STATUS IN JAPAN
E. LAW 126
1. APPLIES TO KOREANS BORN IN JAPAN
2. GIVES PERMANENT RESIDENCE STATUS TO THOSE KOREANS IN JAPAN PRIOR TO 1945 -4-1-16-2 NOT THEIR CHILDREN
3. CHILDREN MUST REGISTER SEPARATELY WITHIN 30 DAYS
TO GET 3 YEARS PERMANENT RESIDENCE. 4-1-16-3
F. 1988 IMMIGRATION AND CONTROL LAW
1. GRANTS WOMEN RIGHT TO PASS ON NATIONALITY
2. EXTENDS PERIODS OF RESIDENCE
V. KOREAN COMMUNITY
A. POLITICAL DIVISIONS
1. NORTH / SOUTH
2. RESIDENT ASSOCIATIONS
a. CHOSENSOREN NORTH KOREA
1) EDUCATION
2) FINANCIAL CO-OPS
b. MINDAN SOUTH KOREA
1) PRO/ANTI CURRENT GOV'T.
2) SUPPORT FOR KOREANS IN JAPAN
B. PROVINCIAL LOYALTIES CHEJU, KYONGSANG,
CHOLLA
C. GENERATION
D. SOCIAL / ECONOMIC ASPECTS
1. JOBS
2. EDUCATION
3. SOCIAL WELFARE
4. GANG AFFILIATION
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