Sōshi-kaimei (Japanese: 創氏改名, Korean: 일본식 성명 강요, 창씨개명) was a policy of pressuring Koreans under Japanese rule to adopt Japanese names and identify as such...

October 7, 1948 – 2000), was a Korean-Japanese historian who focused on Sōshi-kaimei. He was also a civil rights activist focused on North Koreans fleeing...

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the Korean people; Imperial Decree 19 and 20 on Korean Civil Affairs (Sōshi-kaimei) went into effect, whereby ethnic Koreans were forced to surrender their...

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pressured to change their family name to a Japanese surname. At the time, Sōshi-kaimei was a policy of pressuring Koreans under Japanese rule to adopt Japanese...

(1929) Colored Clothes Campaign (1920–1945) Office of the Yi Dynasty Sōshi-kaimei (1939–1945) Shinto in Korea State Shinto Economy Bank of Korea (1909–1950)...

Lamey Island Massacre Manchukuo Ryukyu Disposition Sinicization of Tibet Sōshi-kaimei Vietnamese conquest of Champa Europe and North Asia Circassian genocide...