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| A law to force Koreans to use Japanese and adopt Japanese names is enacted (1939) | |
Copyright Masaru HASHIMOTO
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| "SOSHIKAIMEI" The Japanese policy at the time was to try to convert Koreans, whose country was a Japanese colony, into "imperial subjects". Under the "Soshikaimei" policy, they were forced to speak Japanese and adopt Japanese names. | |