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Is there a place in Japan to learn about the history of ethnic minorities?

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Utoro Peace Memorial Museum focuses on the zainichi Korean community — Koreans who have lived in Japan since the wartime period, one of Japan’s largest and most historically documented ethnic minority communities. The exhibition covers wartime labor, postwar discrimination, contemporary hate crimes, and the ongoing fight for dignity. A grounding in this history illuminates broader questions about minority experience in Japan today.