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The Federation of Korean Associations, Japan (Korean: 재일본한국인연합회; Hanja: 在日本韓國人聯合會; Short name: 한인회; Japanese: 在日本韓国人連合会) is an ethnic association for Koreans in Japan. It caters primarily to recent South Korean emigrants. It is headquartered in Shin-Ōkubo, Tokyo, Japan. [1]
On August 29, 1914, Park Yong-man founded the Korean National Army Corps in Hawaii as part of the Korean National Association to train officers for the Korean Independence Movement. The military academies were also called 'soldier academies,' where soldiers stayed in the corps, received military training and study, and at the same time went out ...
The highest annual number of marriages between Japanese men and Korean women was 8,940, in 1990. Since 1991, it has fluctuated around 6,000 per year. On the other hand, there were 2,335 marriages between Korean men and Japanese women in 2006. It has been stable since the number reached 2,000 per year in 1984. [59]
The General Association of Korean Residents in Japan, [4] abbreviated as Chongryon [4] (Korean: 총련; Hanja: 總聯; RR: Chongryeon; MR: Ch'ongryŏn) or Chōsen Sōren (Japanese: 朝鮮総連), [5] is one of two main organisations for Zainichi Koreans (Korean citizens or residents of Japan), the other being Mindan.
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Mindan has collaborated with other Zainichi Korean organizations such as the Korean Youth Association (在日本大韓民国青年会, Seinenkai) and the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (KCCJ) in order to secure objectives such as helping Zainichi Koreans find employment or financial assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The embassy is known as the site of numerous South Korean anti-Japanese demonstrations. [4] In 1974, the embassy was ransacked by angry protesters during a time of heightened tensions between Japan and South Korea. [5] In 2005, two South Koreans sliced off their fingers during a protest related to the Liancourt Rocks dispute outside the embassy ...