岡山大学全学教育・ 学生支援機構 Acta Medica Okayama 2432-9665 6 2021 EXPERIENCES IN EDUCATION AND IDENTITIES OF JAPANESE-SCHOOLED ZAINICHI KOREANS 20 32 EN Yuuka Wickstrum /10.18926/63328 This paper explores the experiences of Japanese-schooled Zainichi Koreans. It analyses the differences and commonalities in terms of their education, family structure, and ethnicity. It also examines how some Japanese-schooled Koreans (re)gained their ethnic identity through their activities in the Chongryun youth group, as well as why they were attracted to the group and how their activities affected their lives and identities. The author conducted semi-structured, in-depth interviews with thirty-seven Zainichi Koreans, including eighteen Japanese-schooled Zainichi Koreans, from 2007 and 2010. This research shows differences in schools and education are the major source of divisions in the Zainichi population and the subsequent formations of their identities. No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.

岡山大学グローバル・パートナーズ, 岡山大学教育開発センター, 岡山大学言語教育センター, 岡山大学キャリア開発センター Acta Medica Okayama 1881-5952 11 2015 Korean Migration and Japanese Colonialism 113 126 EN Yuuka Wickstrum /10.18926/54540 This paper outlines the historical background to Korean migration and Japanese colonialism in order to understand the birth and formation of the Korean population in Japan (Zainichi Koreans). Through this exploration, this paper shows how Japan attempted to assimilate the Koreans into the bottom of Japanese society and to destroy their ethnic identity as Koreans. It also examines how the racial discourse of the Japanese ‘superior race’ had been developed and played an integral part in justifying its socio-economic and subjugation of East Asian people including Koreans during the colonial period. No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.