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Two Faces of the Hate Korean Campaign in Japan

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2025

Ishibashi Gaku ,
Narusawa Muneo ,
Youngmi Lim ,
Satoko Oka Norimatsu  and
Joseph Essertier
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The following two articles document the recent unfolding of hate demonstrations targeting Japan's Korean minority population (hereafter Zainichi Koreans). This introduction provides historical context for the organized expressions of hate against Zainichi Koreans. Earlier analyses of Japan's far right have emphasized how internet communications, explicit expressions of bigotry, and the frustrations of the “lost” generation, contributed to an emergent subculture of grassroots conservatism.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 15 , Issue 24 , December 2017 , e5
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Copyright © The Authors 2017

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