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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Generate an image of the Kanto Massacre of Koreans (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