Japanese people in South Korea are people of Japanese ethnicity residing or living in South Korea. They are usually categorized into two categories: those who retain Japanese nationality and are present in South Korea (재한일본인, "Jaehan Ilbonin"), and those who changed their nationality to South Korean (일본계 한국인, "Ilbongye Hangugin").[citation needed]
Total population | |
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53,670[1] (2017) | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Seoul · Busan · Jeju | |
Languages | |
Japanese · Korean | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Japanese people |
The history of Japanese Koreans are usually divided into two different time periods.
During Japanese rule in Korea, the peak of the Japanese population was 752,823, circa 1942.[2]