Japan has 600,000 Korean residents, many descended from forced wartime labourers. 'Missile passing': Japan wakes to ominous warning about North Korean launch Read moreOf the estimated 600,000 Korean residents of Japan – many of them the descendants of the tens of thousands of people forcibly brought to Japan as labourers before and during the second world war – about 150,000 claim to be loyal to the North Korean regime. Schools serving the North Korean community received hate mail and threatening phone calls. “The Japanese government is adding to the anxiety over North Korean missiles, and that creates an atmosphere in which Korea-bashing is acceptable. “I know that I would be exposing myself to discrimination if I had a North Korean passport,” she said.

Source: The Guardian September 02, 2017 01:52 UTC