"shuji matsuda" <shuji__matsuda@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bc3mg4$f364o$1@ID-37799.news.dfncis.de...

> 20% retained their original Korean name.  The Korean name can be found
> in conscription records, BC war crime defendant records, or even a
congressman
> of Tokyo district (朴春琴).

Always one or two *in Japan* of course.

> However, the crucial point is, 創氏改名 was not a system of changing
> their name to a Japanese one.  The core of the policy was to create
> "a family name" instead of "a Confucious paternal clan name".  This was
> enforced 100 %.  Korean agitators here and Japanese apologists are
> so ignorant that they do not know what they are talking about.

Damn them all....

By the way...let's get something clear, my dear factoid twisting friend:

Family names were modified by adding a character that made the name more
japanese sounding (e.g. by adding "-yama"). This wasn't that common as far
as I'm aware.

Given names were converted to Japanese-style names by changing the last
character to "-o" or "-ko"... so yes ... it was a change from the
"confucious paternal clan name" system that was present in Korea. This was
the most common change.

There was no law per se, just an absolute requirement to advance in the
colonial society. You couldn't go to school if you didn't have a japanese
name (so some people never bothered). You couldn't get an administrative
job. You coouldn't get a government job. Only if you had a Japanese name.

So it was a "choice" by Koreans to change their names. Afterall, you cannot
do something like that blatantly (e.g. by law) because it would publicize
your real intent to both the Korean population and the world that you really
were trying to forcibly assimilate Koreans.

Besides...it was also subtle...korean names have 3 chinese characters...just
pronounce these characters in Japanese and how non-japanese do they sound?

So please...continue to bash away at miniscule logical loopholes...

Austin

P.S. that is how you can tell if a japanese person has Korean ancestors...by
their family name pronounced in Korean and removing the extraneous
character.