shuji__matsuda@hotmail.com (shuji matsuda) wrote in message news:<bci1b9$jhl3k$1@ID-37799.news.dfncis.de>...
> You do not have to "believe" my words.  If you do some research
> you can find out the fact that the vast majority of Korean residents
> in Japan use Japanized names.  
> 
> Probably they did change their names for whatever convenience
> they believe.  However, they are not forced to change their name.
> Actually, modern Japanese legal system does not deal with the
> names of foreigners.  Has it ever come to you that the Koreans
> under Japanese administration did the same choice, as the Korean
> residents in Japan are doing right now?
> 
> It is a common myth that the Korean residents in Japan are using
> Japanized name to avoid "discrimination."  This is often asserted
> by the Zainichi Koreans themselves, the representative of whom is
> Shin Soo Gok.  However, she is called Setsuko (her Japanized name)
> by her own grandfather at her home.

> How do you explain why the Korean residents are using Japanized name 
> in their own home?  Are they discriminated by their own family?
 

Like, would you also accuse African Americans of voluntarily adopting
"white" names instead of their own native names?  I know no 2 cases
are same, but your underlying instinct is unmistakable.