In article <bc96kk$gonvp$1@ID-37799.news.dfncis.de>, 
shuji__matsuda@hotmail.com says...
>
>In article <4q7Fa.68$6W4.59487@news.uswest.net>, 
>nospam@nospam.net (Kay) wrote:
>:It is called forced voluntarism.  Yes, you had a choice not to change.
>  However, if you did not
>:you were guaranteed a miserable life.
>:Yes, there were but very, very few of them were able to get away 
>:with it.

>I know that there is a common belief that 
>the Koreans are perfectly involuntarily changed 
>their name to a Japanese one.  I also do understand

Sigh!

Shuji,
Are you so naive or just an apologist for the Japanese
war criminals?  If you are so lazy to read history,
then take my word.  Name change was forced.  That
was a fact.  No spinning can change that.  A few 
got away without changing theirs but the vast majority
had to change.  You may argue whether Japanese really
tortured Koreans, the degree of which is debatable.
Changing name was not voluntary my dear.  Try to
defend what's defendable.  Don't try to change history.

However, I do not think Japan could govern 200 
million people without any cooperation from their side.

200 million?  Considering that there were 30 million
at the end of WWII, that shows your ignorance.
No wonder you are talking about nonsense.  Either that,
perhaps, Japanese truly massacred Koreans, 170 million
at that! (DWS)

>For example, almost 80 to 90% of Korean 
>residents in Japan today use Japanized name 
>instead of their Korean name.  

I am not sure I can believe you since you have shown
no credibility as yet.  For the sake of argument,
though, let's say you are right.  If they decided
to keep their Japanese name, that is their prerogative,
and I doubt that they were forced to do that.  However,
perhaps they did it not to be discriminated?  Perhaps
they did it because of convenience?  Many Asian 
Americans in the US give their children American
names because of convenience.

>However, AFAIK, no Chinese residents in Japan
>use Japanized name.  

Perhaps Chinese value their culture more than
Koreans.  That does not prove that Japanese did
not force Koreans to change names.  Give me one
reason why anybody would want to change their
family names in their own country!  Why didn't
Japanese change their last names in American way?

>:This is the biggest garbage I have read. Japan did everything 
>:she could to destroy Korean language.  

>Not really.  The language policy under Japanese 
>administration changed from promotion of Hangul 
>to supression.  Until 1938, all elementary school pupils,
>including Japanese immigrants to Peninsula, were 
>required to learn Hangul.  In 1938, the requirement was 
>dropped, and in 1941, Hangul was erased from curriculum.  
>Since the literacy rate was very low during Li dynasty, literacy
>rate of Hangul increased during the first period.

You really are a piece of work.  If Japan was so keen of
promoting Hangul, why did they suddenly stop it?  You 
mention 1938.  In 1935, my mother went to prison for
teaching Korean to children.  Of course, I was not born then
but I heard if from her and other family members.  A few
years ago, I went to the University of Washington library
and found 4 references to that event.  I also found one
reference on the web.

Whatever Japan did in earlier years, ( my guess is to appease
Koreans), the fact remains she banned Korean.

I am guessing that you learned all these from a Japanese
history books.  I did not know that they are all so crooked.

Sheesh!  When are you going to tell us that Japan occupied
Korea out of charity?