- Sangokujin
Sangokujin (Japanese: 三国人 "san goku jin"; "third country person") is a
Japan ese derogatory term referring to colonial nationals ofTaiwan (Taiwanese aboriginal ),Korea andChina . The original usage of the term is said to be coined to establish a separate political and ethnic identity for ex-colonial nationals, especially Koreans.One common interpretation is that "sangokujin" refers to
zainichi Korean s who were conscripted into theImperial Japanese Army or brought to Japan as laborers and settled in Japan afterWorld War II and theKorean War with a "special permit ofpermanent residency " (特別永住資格, see also )—a residency status that denies suffrage and limitskoseki -related rights. The term can also apply to colonial subjects from Taiwan and those who voluntarily migrated to Japan before and after World War II.The term was becoming something of an anachronism until the nationalist
Tokyo Metropolitan GovernorShintaro Ishihara revived it in anApril 9 ,2000 address to theJapanese Self Defence Forces to suggest that crimes would be committed by illegal stay foreigners in the aftermath of an earthquake. Ishihara received widespread criticism for this.ee also
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Chinese in Japan
*Zainichi Korean
*Discrimination
*Ethnic issues in Japan
*Ethnocide
*Gaikokujin
*Japanese nationalism
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