(en) Reports submitted by states parties under article 9 of the convention - Second periodic reports of States parties due in 1999 - Addendum - Japan* (pdf). Verenigde Naties - International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (13 januari 2000). Gearchiveerd op 16 juni 2007. “E. Korean residents in Japan 32. The majority of Korean residents, who constitute about one third of the foreign population in Japan, are Koreans (or their descendants) who came to reside in Japan for various reasons during the 36 years (1910–1945) of Japan's rule over Korea and who continued to reside in Japan after having lost Japanese nationality, which they held during the time of Japan's rule, with the enforcement of the San Francisco Peace Treaty (28 April 1952).”
