Isao Harimoto
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Isao Harimoto is a Korean-Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball player. Over his 23-season playing career in Nippon Professional Baseball, Harimoto played for the Toei Flyers/Nittaku Home Flyer
Harimoto (front) with Kimio Takagi (behind)
Koreans in Japan
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Koreans in Japan constitute the second largest ethnic minority group after Chinese immigrants. The majority of Koreans in Japan are Zainichi Koreans, often known simply as Zainichi: ethnic Koreans who
Isao Harimoto
…Korean: 장훈; Hanja: 張勳). Harimoto has spent his life as a resident of Japan and adopted a Japanese name, but remained a Korean citizen, thus making him a Zainichi Korean for many years. An accident from youth forced Harimoto into becoming a left-hander, and when he became interested in baseball, he dedicated himself to…
Koreans in Osaka, Japan in 1938
The second Kobe riots in 1950
Repatriation of Koreans from Japan, January 1960
Classroom at Tokyo Korean High School with photographs of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il