From Korea to Kyoto

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Of all the diasporic groups trapped in the wake of colonial empires, global markets, and geopolitics, one of the least heard about or heard from is the Korean population in Japan. The population of persons holding North- or South- Korean passports who live permanently in Japan is close to 600,000, and about 40,000 of this population reside in Kyoto city. Actually, the great majority of Kyoto's “foreign” population are second-, third-, and now fourth-generation “Korean” residents who were born in Kyoto and who fully expect to live their lives there.