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Originally Posted by Wasabista
Well, f**k a duck, I didn't know that.
Yes, I missed Nyororin's post earlier.
Well, I have other reasons to see a lot of racism in this country...but that's good enough for me as far as genealogy is concerned. Thanks for the word up, Nyororin.
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I feel a lot better now that I know I just wasn`t being ignored.
I will add a bit to what I said - Obviously, it`s not all a financial issue with every Korean-Japanese in Japan. It also has to do with the fact that Japan does not allow dual citizenship. In the past, Japan has stated that it would like to simply grant Japanese citizenship to these people by default... But it cannot do so because that would, in effect, be forcing them to give up their Korean citizenship. That is why it has to be a completely voluntary process. There is movement in the Japanese-Korean community to try and get the Japanese government to make an exception for them, and let them keep their both citizenships. But if Japan were to make an exception, they`d have to make an exception for everyone, and so on... So the myth is born that Japan refuses to give them citizenship, no matter how long they`ve lived in Japan.
If you ever visit the immigration office, take a look around. There are usually tons of posters to that effect - with slogans to the effect of "Let`s become a citizen of the country you were born in and live in!" etc.