Kanto Massacre of Koreans

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The Kanto Massacre of Koreans was a 1923 wave of mob and military violence in Japan in which thousands of Koreans were killed amid false rumors and xenophobic panic following the Great Kanto Earthquake.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-Korean violence
crime against civilians
ethnic violence
massacre
pogrom
aftermath censorship and suppression of information by Japanese authorities
limited prosecutions of perpetrators
long-term trauma in Korean communities in Japan
alsoTargetedGroup Chinese residents in Japan
Japanese anarchists
Japanese labor activists
Japanese socialists
approximateNumberOfVictims between several thousand and over 10,000
cause anti-Korean racism in Japan
false rumors about Koreans
social unrest after the Great Kanto Earthquake
xenophobic panic
commemoratedBy memorial ceremonies in Japan
memorial ceremonies in South Korea
country Japan
endTime 1923-09-15
governmentRole Japanese authorities failed to protect Koreans
Japanese authorities participated in repression of Koreans
hasJapaneseName 関東大震災朝鮮人虐殺事件
hasPart military violence
mob violence
historicalContext Japanese imperialism in East Asia
Japanese rule over Korea
languageOfName Japanese
location Chiba Prefecture
linked to: Chiba

Gunma Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanto region
linked to: Kantō region

Saitama Prefecture
Tokyo
Yokohama
mainVictim ethnic Koreans
mediaRole Japanese newspapers spread false rumors about Koreans
numberOfVictims thousands of Koreans
perpetrator Japanese military units
Japanese mobs
Japanese police
Japanese vigilantes
relatedEvent Great Kanto Earthquake
rumorContent Koreans were committing arson
Koreans were planning uprisings
Koreans were poisoning wells
significance key event in the history of Koreans in Japan
major episode of ethnic violence in modern Japanese history
startTime 1923-09-01
temporalContext after the Great Kanto Earthquake

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Korea under Japanese rule notableEvent Kanto Massacre of Koreans
Great Kanto earthquake associatedPogrom Kanto Massacre
linked to: Kanto Massacre of Koreans
Kanto Massacre of Koreans governmentRole Japanese authorities participated in repression of Koreans
linked to: Kanto Massacre of Koreans
Kanto Massacre of Koreans hasJapaneseName 関東大震災朝鮮人虐殺事件
linked to: Kanto Massacre of Koreans