Korean Yakuza Members - A Complete History of Koreans in Japan's Underworld

This video describes the full history of how Japanese gangsters of Korean descent (Zainichi 在日韓国・朝鮮人) made their way into Japan's underworld and became a major force in the development of the yakuza as we know it today.
Disclaimer: This page condemns all forms of crime and every criminal figure in this video. This serves simply as an educational history documentary as part of The True Crime genre.

[@Alexander-Kurtz]

Correction, Hayashi was not the first Korean to join a yakuza group, although he was probably the most prominent and notorious. The oldest yakuza group in the Kanto area, the Doshida ikka, already had Korean associates and members by the end of the 1920s. Having said that, this is by far the most well researched video I have seen on KZbin, and this is coming from someone who has been living in Japan for more than 30 years, and know quite a lot about the subject.

[@Alexander-Kurtz]

@@ADSHYN Stay away from Yakuza books written by foreigners, most of them are sensationalistic rehashed piles of crap, especially Jake Adelstein's books and articles. I would recommend searching on Google Scholar, there are academics and serious historians, sociologists and researchers who have published reliable and interesting materials. For a starter, try the book by David E. Kaplan and Alec Dubro : Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld. It is a journalistic work, but it has integrity, and it does separate facts from fictions and fantasies.

[@feby8139]

The voice over and background music is just 😌. Love it!

[@stevemac6707]

Well presented & narrated video that's concise, yet informative. Kudos 👍

[@hellakwa]

As a Brazilian/Japanese I must say thank you so much for this content! This whole channel is simply pure gold. Much love from 🇧🇷

[@UsTheMusicTVOfficial]

Very interesting. Especially since I was thinking about this a while ago. Thanks for posting! A+

[@angelo1111]

this randomly showed up in my recommended videos, i clicked because i knew nothing about the subject--this was presented really well and had a lot of interesting info! really glad i stumbled upon your channel

[@christopherblade5984]

I love your videos. This one is amazing. It would be great if you could do one regarding Tang Soo Do TaeKwondo government segregation and the Korea CIA trying to influence between the ITF and WTF etc. Keep up the great work.

[@ahcrx]

Never fail to produce good content. Keep up the great work.

[@alphaeligon9226]

Not surprised, amazing facts on Koreans in the Yakuza Crime Syndicates.

[@The-Silver-King]

I've been waiting for another youtube video to drop from you. I don't have other platforms like Instagram to follow you on, but when I see a notification appear, I immediately click play. Great video!

[@The-Silver-King]

@@AA-ok5jz thank you for sharing. I do not know too much about the subject myself, so I won’t be able to identify the mistakes if I do know of them.

[@jw5931]

Very glad this was on my homepage, instant sub my friend

[@michelangelosimoni2324]

great vid，tnks

[@spaea2062]

Great video

[@juicycs]

love ur channel bro keep it up!!

[@thenewongoam2486]

Nice Video, and I want to know a History of Triads in Thailand?

[@brokentoothkoi8217]

That would be interesting

[@belldao5363]

Arigatou, for sharing the history of the Yakuza.

[@rks5457]

Amazing video as always! The footage you show is so perfect and the history is well put together and stated.

[@jakejutras5420]

Good stuff man, always look forward to your uploads.

[@stephenlauret132]

Could you share some sources you used? Am not asking this out of doubt, but out of being interested :)

[@aimanmarzuqi4804]

I've always known about Hisayuki Machii as a Korean Yakuza but I never knew there so many prominent Korean members of the Yakuza.

[@mikloridden8276]

It’s even funnier that they pay prominent Right Wing Politicians, the same ones that spout rhetoric about them

[@yaris684]

@@mikloridden8276 Nothing funny about it when you realize that they would more than happy to cater to right wing fantasies while attaining wealth. Japanese ppl are naive and they are getting played

[@mikloridden8276]

@@yaris684 Yupp it just boggles my mind how it happens. Similar thing happens in the US with Mexican American population that silently sit back and provides those fantasies. No one questions it

[@anon8428]

The richest man in Japan was a Korean until recently even though Koreans make up 0.05 of the population. Koreans are overrepresented in successful businesses in Japan like Naver, Line, Softbank, Lotte, Muraski Sports, ABC Mart, Gungho etc. The QArmyJapanFlynn, the QAnon of Japan believe that the Japanese government was infiltrated by ethnic Koreans which echoes the Jews rule the United States narrative that we hear in most countries among conspiracy theorists.

[@profile1172]

@@anon8428 Thats hilarious

[@nutchan0731]

do not forget many uyoku members who are called right wingers. they get on big black ban with noisy japanese patriot songs many of those members are koreans.

[@brandontran3618]

Good stuff!

[@johnkrummel2956]

This is interesting. I'm wondering though about the connection between yakuza and extreme rightwing (uyoku) organizations in Japan, which is also well known. And so I'm curious then about the relation of the Koreans with these Japanese rightwing groups, how they perceived Japanese nationalism/patriotism/tenno-worship.

[@SwollenRightNut]

my Grandfather was Korean Yakuza in Seoul. Not a good thing, he was killed when my mom was young.

[@juelzsantanasbandana5938]

what happened to your grandfather?

[@michaelkim4703]

Sure sure

[@clementkong8133]

Did u adopt your american mother’s maiden name or something? Lol

[@PeterDiaz-sg4xe]

I wouldn’t be surprised because the president of South Korea issued a war on crime during the '60s thru '90s and I heard they literally broke their legs and threw them off the bridge. That’s why most of the Korean gangsters had to flee to Japan. To link up with the yakuza since most of the members are ethnic Koreans

[@DreEzed]

Thanks for some insight on machii. Interesting as my grandfather (korean) grew up in japan around that time and frequented ginza.

[@face0907]

This is most accurate information I've ever seen however not all of Yakuza was Zainichi. Yakuza has been there before them but Korean Japanese took big portion of it. One thing I would like add, there were large Korean immigration who escaped from Kim Doo-Han group. That should be around 1930-40s. Another large Korean immigration was in 1990. President No Tea-Woo declared a war with organized crime. Most of them got executed or crippled if they got caught.

[@michaelkim4703]

Good riddance

[@user-kk1bq5mt3e]

That doesnt surprise me, South Korea used to be rouge and struggling, it was basically a military dictatorship for decades!

[@PeterDiaz-sg4xe]

yep, I think the president of South Korea during the late 60s and the 70s issue an order a war on crime. He definitely put the fear in them and it lasted all the way up to the 90s. That’s why South Korea doesn’t have that much crime anymore.

[@jondough9651]

the most powerful now in Tokyo is Tadashi YOSHIDA in the underworld, he’s a billionaire

[@maddycorrasa]

Fascinating

[@capmidnite]

Incidentally, in the Michael Douglas movie "Black Rain" the Japanese gangster Sato was played by Yusaku Matsuda, whose mother was a Zainichi Korean. Art imitates reality.

[@killeryhiltons8499]

KiLl bill basically Zainichi film lmao. XD fat heads most Koreans have it.

[@christopherkim1744]

Thank you for covering what has been due respect in regards to HISTORICAL FACT OF korean defactees

[@isaacwindass4038]

I always find the weird when Japanese nationalist talk a lot of shit on Koreans when is probably a bunch of successful Koreans in Japan they don't even know it.

[@anon8428]

Isaac, exactly! The richest man in Japan was a Korean until recently even though Koreans make up 0.05 of the population. Koreans are overrepresented in successful businesses in Japan like Naver, Line, Softbank, Lotte, Muraski Sports, ABC Mart, Gungho etc. The QArmyJapanFlynn, the QAnon of Japan believe that the Japanese government was infiltrated by ethnic Koreans which echoes the Jews rule the United States narrative that we hear in most countries among conspiracy theorists.

[@shiestymf2899]

They was in organized crime everywhere. Even here in Hawaii

[@PeterDiaz-sg4xe]

They have a huge Korean and Japanese population in Hawaii but I don’t think the new generation are into that. They probably moved on to better things instead of doing crime, especially with all this technology that era is almost gone.

[@CentralParkBigfoot]

Ending with Forever 32 sign smack dab in the middle of the frame, symbolic...

[@Cletus_the_Elder]

Fascinating.

[@raskltube]

Hey Forgotten Streets, can you do a video on Triad activity in Japan?

[@davidjacobs8558]

Richest Man in Japan, "Son Masayoshi" CEO of Softbank, is son of a minor Pachinko Mogul. His Father moved to Japan in 1930's, but came back to Korea after WW2, but moved back to Japan after around 1 year. Which means his father was probably an illegal migrant. Masayoshi was born in Japan, but had to be naturalized to becoma a citizen of Japan. He studied in USA, but I'm not certain whether he was naturalized before this or not, and which country issued the passport.

[@edwardkim8972]

Do you realize that Son could not get a loan from major Japanese banks because of his Korean background? He ultimately got a loan from a small Japanese trade bank. He also couldn't get Japanese citizenship because he wanted to keep is Korean last name: "Son" (or really Sohn: 손). He had to pull strings and fight the Japanese bureaucracy on this matter and finally include "Son" as an official Japanese last name. Japanese attitudes on race and immigration is still stuck in the 19th century.

[@yaris684]

Yeah but they are never gonna let white people become Japanese tho if its this hard for even multi-generational Koreans to attain citizenship (which isn't anymore btw most choose not to)

[@edwardkim8972]

@@yaris684 cuz they have to give up their family name and replace it with a pure native Japanese family name. Masayoshi Son was the exception, not the norm.

[@SantomPh]

Japan still has a citizenship category of "Joseon Korean" namely Koreans born before the establishment of the two Koreas in the Korean war. The father would have fallen into this category by default, although Japan being Japan made it very hard to actually naturalize him.

[@SantomPh]

@@edwardkim8972 this is typical of Japan, where one's family name is a reference point for everything. People like Naomi Osaka, Takeshi Kaneshiro and even expats use Japanese surnames out of convenience.

[@chriswiese1348]

Very cool stuff!

[@crazyd4ve875]

What is the background music

[@kevsthebadboy1703]

JIngweon and Geomijul send their regards.

[@duckyuu5900]

Ryuji when he finds out he's Korean

[@edp5226]

koreans are extraordinary people. before the korean war almost 80 percent of the population could not read and write. now s korea is considered an advanced economy, n korea was able to develop nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles while still being the most isolated nation in the world. the US is the reason why S Korea exists today, but also the korean people themselves are built different.

[@sunahamanagai9039]

12:48 Wait, that's Shinsuke Shimada on the right!

[@joonpak]

Can you make a video on Kim Doo Han?

[@forgottenstreets]

I could

[@ScipioWasHere]

Koreans are a hard people don’t let kpop fool you

[@user-rj8mk6fz1u]

Come on, they had no options but to join yakuza to be totally accepted because they were discriminated and had limited job options anywere else

[@redmoon363]

Maybe hard ppl in back in the day .. but now them r like Kpop ....!!!😁

[@xAngelo_keyx]

Even, I hardly see kpop idols as "soft" since I realize how hard & brutal the trainee process is, and tight schedules/unhealthy routines they endure as active idols. In addition, They gotta watch over their shoulders for stalkers or sasaengs who can be deemed a potential threat.. don't let their cuteness side on camera fool you either.

[@xgiancanax1749]

These new generations are crybabies that shake their asses for tiktok videos.

[@killeryhiltons8499]

@@user-rj8mk6fz1u that’s your excuse for their crimes ewww just gross poor yakuza but excuse their crimes so gross . They can go back both Koreas but they don’t want to since they have it better than both Korea’s . Meanwhile Japan will be criminals having the yakuza run wild and killing and Japanese citizens will be blamed . They control the entertainment industry and do a lot of horrible things there smh.

[@euminkong]

Koreans just wanted to survive.

[@anon8428]

The richest man in Japan was a Korean until recently even though Koreans make up 0.05 of the population. Koreans are overrepresented in successful businesses in Japan like Naver, Line, Softbank, Lotte, Muraski Sports, ABC Mart, Gungho etc. The QArmyJapanFlynn, the QAnon of Japan believe that the Japanese government was infiltrated by ethnic Koreans which echoes the Jews rule the United States narrative that we hear in most countries among conspiracy theorists.

[@user-kk1bq5mt3e]

Weve struggled hundreds of years, and got our freedom, proud to be 50% Korean!!

[@ashtonndlovu9470]

As a black dude from the ghettos I totally understand, hopefully they can have better lives in the future

[@mumfromouterspace]

They were able to return to Korea at any time after the war. However, even after the war, Koreans continued to sneak into Japan. A famous example is a professional wrestler named Oki Kintaro.

[@alenbino]

Korean Gang boss Kim doo Hans daughter is Kim eul dong(Korean Actress, Politician), and her son is Song il guk (Korean Actor) and his sons are Song dae han, Song min guk, Song man sae(Kids from 'The Return of Superman' which is Korean TV show where sexy yama was on with his daughter Choo Sarang)

[@user-nx9uc6nr3c]

My new favorite YT channel. Great stuff!

[@oda7072]

bruh we need a video on chinese gangs in japan

[@plzineedtogowayrn6353]

Ty

[@ohhyokkwon2586]

Great video. The 30% number came from a Japanese government investigator on boryokudan back in the early 2000s. He said around 60% of underworld gangs are burakumin, and 30% ethnic Koreans. According to a Yamaguchi gang member, 10% of their members are Koreans. As many Zainichi Koreans hide their ethnic identity (due to discrimination or habit), nobody really knows the actual numbers. Burakumin and Koreans are the lowest ranks of the modern Japanese social caste hierarchy.

[@hanbyeol12]

This is why it is important for Zainichi Koreans to not forget the minjok and support the republic to break free from the Japanese social heirarchy. Unfortunately, Japan still discriminates against Korean Schools.

[@pichi2238]

Burakamin are full blood japanese its weird they are discriminated

[@TurkistanSeneti]

@@pichi2238 Japan used to have a social system similar to caste system of India and Burakumin were the lowest of the society.

[@TurkistanSeneti]

@@pichi2238 even today they're still discriminited against, let's say I'm a descendant of Burakumin and my fiancee is not, and if he finds out about it, he would not marry me.

[@pichi2238]

@@TurkistanSeneti Yes but no offense to Indians but Japan is wealthy and among the wealthiest country in the world while India is getting out the third world.

[@kennedymoua80]

I know someone that is in the yakuza. Great content btw

[@nickdavila94]

I had no idea how involved Koreans were with the Yakuza. It now makes sense why Korea is so strict on tattoos.

[@dmjkn5176]

Im Korean and this is good to know

[@clownfish7776]

Are they at least providing health insurance, retirement plan such and 401K and paid time off to their members?

[@xgiancanax1749]

Not angels by far but they're the reason street crime is almost non existent. A necessary evil

[@PeterDiaz-sg4xe]

yeah, they were willing to cross the lines where the cops couldn’t cross. We have something like that in the US when the governor hired the Italian mafia to do their dirty work

[@naniwakkohafu]

I used to visit relatives in Amagasaki

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Our Lady Of Akita Pray For Us

[@shitalgujar7539]

Make video on bosozoku gangs

[@hittingdasauce]

Yeah he should those gangs were lit n crazy as hell

[@mikloridden8276]

Eh there’s already various documentary’s about them. They just more of a show off type gangs that happened to be motor heads. They fought in the 80s with each other but not much different to what was happening in SoCal already.

[@jbk19xx57]

Interesting…………….. Very Interesting.

[@davidjacobs8558]

1:25 that's incorrect. Koreans did not get Japanese citizenship. (perhaps considered subjects of the Emperor) It is extremely difficult to get Japanese citizenship, and not automatically granted. Even if you are born in Japan, you don't become Japanese citizen, unless at least one of the parents is a Japanese citizen.

[@forgottenstreets]

It wasnt meant as official citizenship. Just meant citizens as in residents. I shouldve worded it differently though.

[@hanbyeol12]

Zainichi Koreans had been given an opportunity to naturalise since the 80s I think, until now, but they often don't because the discrimination doesn't go away. Most Koreans are either "kankoku kokuseki" or "chousenseki"

[@hanbyeol12]

@@forgottenstreets 10:33, by "Korean Youth League", do you mean 재일조선청년동맹? That building on the right is called 조선회관 (Korean), and the Youth League also has that as headquarters, but the whole building is 북조선 (North Korean) as it mainly houses the 조선총련 (Chongryon).

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@hanbyeol12 a lot of Koreans in Japan entered Japan AFTER WW2 illegally. I’m not sure if they are qualified to become Japanese citizen, even if they want. For example, Kim Jung un’s mother was born in Japan to illegal migrants from Korea who entered Japan After the Korean War.

[@hanbyeol12]

@@davidjacobs8558 Nor will they be "subjects of the emperor" as you claim they would be. Most Zainichi Koreans came to Japan before or during WWII, and if you're making generalisations about Koreans not being allowed to be citizens, I'm gonna make the reverse claim that Koreans have been allowed to naturalise, which is also not factual, butnis closer to the truth than yours. The "subjects of the Emperor" were the Zainichi Koreans who, prior to 1947, were still Japanese citizens. This same exact group which constitutes the vast majority of all Zainichi Koreans were the ones that were allowed later on to naturalise, although most didn't.

[@MaddoxMadness]

Wow! I didn't realize how Koreans have played a crucial role in Yakuza's history. Fascinating!

[@anon8428]

The richest man in Japan was a Korean until recently even though Koreans make up 0.05 of the population. Koreans are overrepresented in successful businesses in Japan like Naver, Line, Softbank, Lotte, Muraski Sports, ABC Mart, Gungho etc. The QArmyJapanFlynn, the QAnon of Japan believe that the Japanese government was infiltrated by ethnic Koreans which echoes the Jews rule the United States narrative that we hear in most countries among conspiracy theorists.

[@PeterDiaz-sg4xe]

Most of the members are ethnic Korean even there, Emperor of Japan, admits that his ancestor came from Korea in the seventh century

[@lemfarba4827]

The Asian Colonel Sanders at 5:46.

[@laaylagi6503]

Well they are just neighboring countries

[@xiongnu6373]

I need to have each of every Asian ethnicity as friends. We can united all Asian without racism. Lol

[@chinobandito7625]

We do that in American schools. Asians tend to band together regardless of ethnicity here

[@xiongnu6373]

@@chinobandito7625 yep thats when all asian was fob. But now some think theyre better then others...

[@chinobandito7625]

@@xiongnu6373 When i went to highschool ten years ago, Asian Americans of all ethnicities all hung out together. Actually fobs tended to stick together based on ethnicity because they couldnt really speak english.

[@PeterDiaz-sg4xe]

I live in New York City I get along with Korean Chinese and Vietnamese I never experience any racism from them

[@R.Kinney1492]

Smooth; as a Yakuza silk tie. 🚬 💨💀

[@csp8490]

Wow. I am korean and i ve never heard of this fact. This is very interesting 🤔

[@thelazyone1881]

Really cuz I always thought Koreans knew that they were heavily involved in the Yakuza

[@chrish420]

You been sheltered by your momma. I bet you had arranged marriage.

[@MrWorld-qj3vh]

Oh please, everyone knows that the Jingweon are far better than the Yakuza nowadays.

[@MrBangen2012]

What do you mean by “better” ? If you don’t mind me asking.

[@MrWorld-qj3vh]

@@MrBangen2012 They are tech-wearing Koreans who have deep club tracks. That automatically makes them better.

[@MrBangen2012]

@@MrWorld-qj3vh hm...

[@ciello___8307]

lmao we talking about The videogame?

[@towada1066]

It seems the mafia are reduced lately,... this is so good.

[@user-sz7zj2we5k]

부럽네요. 우리는 늘고 있는데.. 중국 출신들 마피아로 가득.. 그리고 탈북자 범죄도 점점 늘죠...

[@DoctorDeath147]

Reduce but still powerful.

[@PeterDiaz-sg4xe]

well, that era is almost gone due to technology, it’s better off to stick with legitimate businesses in the present date. It’s hard to get away with it now the same with the Italian mob in the US they moved on to better things because they saw the light just like the Korean yakuza

[@shugadaddy4841]

Koreans didn't ask Japan to invade and torture them. They had to survive somehow

[@fractalife]

Great insight, however, if most Yakuzas are korean, where the infamous Harakiri/Seppuku commited by Yakuza as we seen in movie came from? since seppuku is Japanese culture I guess?

[@nomomania6827]

30% of yakuza members are ethnic Koreans, that's not most. Narrator provided that information.

[@fractalife]

@@nomomania6827 Ah great, I might slipped that on video. so the korean yakuza is the only not cutting fingers and doing seppuku yeah

[@ianmed8254]

@@fractalife Actually they are more ruthless in that area

[@fractalife]

@@ianmed8254 my question is not that

[@fractalife]

@@AA-ok5jz ah is that so, its always portrayed like that in movie/video games like its real life. but do they cut fingers in real life?

[@joelee4280]

You really should put in as much effort on pronunciation as you do on your info. It's not that great.

[@sg-cq9tb]

Koreans were conscripted into forced labor in Japan during WW2 by the Japanese, and because of Korean war shortly after WW2 those Koreans were unable to return home. Japan also refused to give citizenship to those who remained in Japan so Koreans in Japan had to run illegal business for money.

[@JH-bb8in]

That's a stupid lie that many Koreans believe. Many Koreans went to Japan to work for money. Source: I'm a korean myself

[@xfranczeskax]

@@JH-bb8in forced labour during the war and legal limbo after the war are so-called documented facts. They do not disappear with random anecdotal evidence.

[@kaiushijima7060]

@@JH-bb8in : Thank you for telling the truth. Many Korean people are misinformed by the Korean government & Korean medias.

[@JH-bb8in]

@@kaiushijima7060 The left is a problem everywhere!

[@anon8428]

The richest man in Japan was a Korean until recently even though Koreans make up 0.05 of the population. Koreans are overrepresented in successful businesses in Japan like Naver, Line, Softbank, Lotte, Muraski Sports, ABC Mart, Gungho etc. The QArmyJapanFlynn, the QAnon of Japan believe that the Japanese government was infiltrated by ethnic Koreans which echoes the Jews rule the United States narrative that we hear in most countries among conspiracy theorists.

[@singuyho]

한국의 폭력 조직의 문화가 야쿠자를 동경하고 그들의 타투를 몸에 그리는 것을 보면 그들의 교류는 아주 깊고 오래된 것 같다. 상당히 흥미로운 접근 방식이었다.

[@mider-spanman5577]

They're all brothers anyway, just beefing in a petty family squabble.

[@Go4Broke247]

They are almost extinct.

[@PeterDiaz-sg4xe]

they are still there, but a lot of them infiltrated legitimate businesses just like the Italian mob in the current date because they know better not to start trouble like the good old days

[@dirtiestharry6551]

This reminds me of the earlier italian immigrants in the US

[@PeterDiaz-sg4xe]

Exactly some of them had to change the names like machine gun Jack McGurn Frankie, Yale and Dutch Schwartz. They were all famous gangsters from the 1920s and the list goes on. and if you do your research, there was a Korean famous gangster who was in the Chicago mob in the 1930s through the 1950s. I think his name was Jason Lee. supposedly when he retired, he gave his rackets to Kent Endo

[@error4159]

11:45 So it's the Koreans faught we've never got that amazing looking Metal Gear Solid remake.

[@PeterDiaz-sg4xe]

There’s a Korean character in Battlefield 2042 😂😂

[@benjaminstarks4071]

I wonder how much of "Ninja Scroll" was loosely based on this.

[@killeryhiltons8499]

Yup. Basically pay attention Ainu we’re the ruling class till the Koreans killed them there.

[@0x1EGEN]

​@@killeryhiltons8499 You're blaming Koreans for the Meiji Restoration 💀

[@anthonythomas5998]

Ichiban !

[@pimpdaddy7710]

How about the Cobra Kai?

[@elmalanmalan2175]

That's a Hollywood gang lol

[@pimpdaddy7710]

@@elmalanmalan2175 Cobra Kai Never Dies. Wax on, wax off.

[@eddie5100]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@047Kenny]

How active is current day yakuza?

[@__Kimes]

0. They literally have no human rights. No cell phones, no social benefits, no education, no passport or service from local or central government. They dont even let people with tatto in the public bath and onsen cuz tatto was a thing between yakuzas.

[@clownfish7776]

@@__Kimes Do they at least get medical insurance and 401K retirement plan?

[@killeryhiltons8499]

@@__Kimes lmao, stop with the lies . They still Move in Japan with ease also they own the music and movie industry non can move without a yakuza broker . Just stop the lies .

[@user-kk1bq5mt3e]

Korean warriors, my mothers blood

[@audiofreq]

Little known fact. Koreans were the muscle. Because they had the least to lose. Low class citizens with a lot of prejudice. They were also physically larger and more aggressive culturally than Japanese. So big families like the Yamaguchi, would use them for soldiers. Only the strongest would be allowed to move up…most wound up either dead, jailed, or on the run back to a war torn Korean Peninsula.

[@tooltalk]

"Today Japan is more welcoming to foreigners ..." That isn't really saying much about Japan's racist past and present.

[@opaloktapiana3923]

Same as korean doesn't it? They also racist towards south east asia country, and black people. racist people everywhere bro not only in japan. I'm not in any side when talking about this.

[@mayomayo3111]

​@@opaloktapiana3923 WHAT "They also racist towards southeast asian country, and black people"??? ??????? it's 2021- I mean yea there should be some morons left in countryside areas that are like that. But the way that you talk is literally the view point of foreigners who toured South Korea thru the internet and thinks they know everything 😂

[@mayomayo3111]

@@opaloktapiana3923 There WERE and still are many "variety people of color" on Korean media like Black people as an main MC on tv program + advertising food & clothes on Korean streets and restaurants, Mexican Japanese ppl as an leader on shows also Russians, Turkey India and Vietnamese too. They have so many fans plus the general public really likes them. Koreans have a huge appreciation for them on the effort to learn Korean and create original content, teach their home country's history or culture or enjoy stuff like all Koreans do.

[@mayomayo3111]

@@opaloktapiana3923 Internet people love to play with Korea these days, like if SK is a toy and make things up for fun😢 I hope people to believing stuffs from blogs, tiktok and provocative internet news/articles

[@tooltalk]

@@opaloktapiana3923 : lookie here, a red herring! nobody said Koreans aren't. You aren't certainly saying that South East Asians and Black people aren't racist, right?

[@user-sz7zj2we5k]

왜 안 돌아오고 남에 나라에서 범죄나 저지르고 산겨? 이건 조선족들도 마찬가지.. 한국땅에서 같이 고생했거나 북한땅에서 고생 했어야지.. 하여튼 ... 기회주의자들이라고 본다.. ㅡㅡ 일본이 전쟁에서 진 후에 돌아온 사람이 140만명인데.. 우리 할아버지 할머니도 돌아오셨다.. 당연히 그게 순리지... 나는 우리 나라에서 사는 외국인들도 자기 나라로 돌아 가야 한다는 입장이라서.. 그리고.. 전쟁 후 남은 한반도계 사람들의 대부분은 북한을 선택한 (조선적) 이였다는 것으로 알고 있다. 파친코를 운영 할 당시 돈도 북한이 준 돈이라며???

[@PeterDiaz-sg4xe]

yep, they funnel billions back to the North Koreans which was pretty damn smart, in their part

[@jakebottams1948]

I love

[@perthecther__203]

do a video on the joe boys

[@davidjacobs8558]

There were massive migration of Koreans to Japanese Island around 7th Century AD. When 2 of 3 Korean Kingdoms were defeated by Tang Dynasty of China. Toyota clan (of Toyota motors fame) was descendants of a Prince of Kudara Kingdom, for example. Also, a lot of Koreans were forcibly taken to Japan by invading Japanese during 1592-1598 War.

[@profile1172]

Very interesting about the Toyota one. I never knew how related some Japanese were to Koreans

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@profile1172 Well, there is rumor among Japanese and Koreans that the Japanese Imperial house actually originated from Korea. And there are some evidence of that too.

[@forgottenstreets]

Yes but they eventually became Japanese

[@syamayama]

@@davidjacobs8558 Yes, even the previous emperior, Akihito, acknowledged that the royal family are partially descendants of Baekje, one of the three kingdoms of Korea. The ruling class of the Baekje fled to Japan after losing influence in Korea.

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@syamayama It goes all the way back to founding myth of Japan. Account in the Shoki relates that after Susanoo was banished due to his bad behavior, he descended from heaven, accompanied by a son named Isotakeru-no-Mikoto, to a place called 'Soshimori' in the land of Shiragi (the Korean kingdom of Silla) before going to Izumo. Disliking the place, they crossed the sea in a boat made of clay until they arrived at Torikami Peak by the upper waters of the river Hi in Izumo.

[@j-doggwong50]

All little brothers!

[@Renwoxing13]

⚫️ *OF COURSE* the first *IBF of Japan* leaders *WOULD BE YAKUZA* !¡!

[@dbmdrums1105]

so may fucking names!!!!111

[@sn350channel]

Such big difference in Korean generations. The really old Koreans are the most gangster, then Korean boys with makeup came along

[@PeterDiaz-sg4xe]

yep, they said the same thing during the LA riots unfortunately for the MS 13 the 18th St. gang and the bloods in the Crips they ran away like little girls

[@JUSTINBUSH555]

Discrimination breeds hate which makes them stronger

[@RP-mm9ie]

scary

[@kaiushijima7060]

【 0:21 】This map is not correct ! ! ! Dokdo island is a Korean name. International name is Liancourt Rocks ( Japanese name : Takeshima islands). Thank you for your time.

[@user-jm4qh4jc3i]

Dokdo is mine. You just care of senkaku island.

[@kaiushijima7060]

@@user-jm4qh4jc3i : When does the Korean government go to the International Court of Justice ( ICJ ) to solve this problem ? We've been waiting for you for decades. We're ready for that.

[@0x1EGEN]

@@kaiushijima7060 I won't argue about who owns the island but I do like to point out that Korea was never invited to the San Francisco peace treaty so they never had the opportunity to claim what territory was theirs. I do find it a bit unfair but maybe in the future both countries can share the rock..

[@kaiushijima7060]

@@0x1EGEN : Thank you for leaving your comment. I think the International Court of Justice ( ICJ ) is the right place to solve this problem. Let's go to the【 International Court of Justice ( ICJ )】together ! ! ! When the International Court of Justice ( ICJ ) make the judgment , let's not object to either after the judgment. That's the final solution ! ! ! PS : I would like to ask you to watch the KZbin Vlog " kimchiwasabi キムチわさび " . He's a Korean and honest man. I respect him. ✿ Have a nice day Dyson.

[@killeryhiltons8499]

It’s Japan territory lol.

[@miketran661]

Koreans only take up to 0.5% of the entire Japanese population, but 30% in the Yakuza... What statistics

[@euminkong]

It is not shocking at all.

[@davidjacobs8558]

I'm pretty sure there are lots of Burakumin in the Yakuza too.

[@Anthonydu01630]

It happens everywhere, in Japan it’s Korean, in US it’s Black, south american, italian, korean ect, in France it’s north african from Algeria, Morrocco, Tunisia, black african from Congo, senegal, Mali ect and from carribean islands, and also from eastern european country like Albania or tchetchenie, in Mexico it’s native american and mestizo/mixed people .. It’s the same everywhere, you can’t except a comunnity to be normal if you don’t give them the opportunity to be normal.

[@davidjacobs8558]

@@Anthonydu01630 if everyone is doing it, then it's not really that bad, is it? Also, it depends on whether you are in the country legally, or illegally. After all, no country can have open border policy.

[@anon8428]

The richest man in Japan was a Korean until recently even though Koreans make up 0.05 of the population. Koreans are overrepresented in successful businesses in Japan like Naver, Line, Softbank, Lotte, Muraski Sports, ABC Mart, Gungho etc. The QArmyJapanFlynn, the QAnon of Japan believe that the Japanese government was infiltrated by ethnic Koreans which echoes the Jews rule the United States narrative that we hear in most countries among conspiracy theorists.

[@togelz]

In other words : Yakuza Kiwami 2 in real life,...

[@rp-wn5or]

Also this fear of zainichi Koreans that the Japanese had is kind of similar to the fear white Americans have of black panthers. Controversial…but their acts of violence wouldn’t have happened had there not been the crimes committed by the respective governments in the first place. And their certain controversial actions did not and do not speak for the entire ethnicity in their respective countries

[@anon8428]

The richest man in Japan was a Korean until recently even though Koreans make up 0.05 of the population. Koreans are overrepresented in successful businesses in Japan like Naver, Line, Softbank, Lotte, Muraski Sports, ABC Mart, Gungho etc. The QArmyJapanFlynn, the QAnon of Japan believe that the Japanese government was infiltrated by ethnic Koreans which echoes the Jews rule the United States narrative that we hear in most countries among conspiracy theorists.

[@rp-wn5or]

@@anon8428 lmaooo I’ve actually heard of this conspiracy theory before but I’m glad most of it is from the trumptard/qanon equivalent/minority of right winged population…but the negative stigma behind Koreans is still there in the general mindset, hopefully Japan will get on the globalization train and these primitive ways of thought will go away as their country develops culturally.

[@anon8428]

@@rp-wn5or Haha yes you're right, laughing about it is the best thing to do as it's so damn ridiculous! Suffice it to say foreigners are hated no matter their behaviour and no matter whether they do well or not. The Jewish wanting their own home state despite centuries of living in their various countries should be proof enough that humans are incapable of tolerating difference.

[@zurinarctus1329]

@@anon8428 Technically, the Imperial Family of Japan is Korean.

[@killeryhiltons8499]

Gross excuse the black panther don’t even compare to these Zainichi and their crimes you have no idea they also have ties to the Nigerian mafia who the disrespect but go ahead and call them victims . They’re enemies and entitle f who like killing for fun and invaders too they discriminate the Ainu .

[@ac4842]

Interesting documentary since I am ethinically Korean as well, but Chinese citizen. My family was brought to China by Japanese for rice farming.

[@dositanhanasikikoka]

まじでこれは俺も思ってた

[@em34ev3r]

Embarrassing, way to represent Koreans in Japan.

[@PeterDiaz-sg4xe]

I can’t blame them. Most of the Koreans wouldn’t be hired to get a job just like the Italians when they first came to the US. Some of them had to change their names in order to get a job just like Machine Gun Jack McGurr Frankie Yale and Dutch Schwartz. they were all famous Italian gangsters. who changed their names due to racism.

[@lordkira9791]

what the fuck

[@HAMMER_2.2]

I remember when the Yakuza were clashing with ethnic Koreans, and shouting "Kimchi-Yaro!" at them!

[@MK-zz5qe]

When?

[@0x1EGEN]

Kimchi-yaro was a phrase made by a mongolian wrestler in Japan. Idk what you remember this but the Yakuza even helped defend North Korean schools when Japanese people protested.

[@killeryhiltons8499]

@@0x1EGEN those were Zainichi same people different names lmao.

[@0x1EGEN]

@@killeryhiltons8499 ok