Mindan

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Korean Residents Union in Japan

Abbreviation	Mindan
Formation	October 3, 1946; 78 years ago (1946-10-03)
Type	NGO
Location	Southern Azabu 1-7-32, Minato, Tokyo
Official language	Korean, Japanese
Website	www.mindan.org

Korean Residents Union in Japan
Flag of Mindan
Japanese name
Kanji	在日本大韓民国民団
Kana	ざいにほんだいかんみんこくみんだん
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Zai-Nihon Daikanminkoku Mindan
Korean name
Hangul	재일본대한민국민단
Hanja	在日本大韓民國民團
Transcriptions Revised Romanization Jae-Ilbon Daehanminguk Mindan McCune–Reischauer Chae-Ilbon Taehanmin'guk Mindan

Mindan (Korean: 민단, Hanja: 民團), or the Korean Residents Union in Japan (Korean: 재일본대한민국민단, Japanese: 在日本大韓民国民団), is one of two main organizations for Koreans living in Japan, the other being Chongryon. Mindan has ties to South Korea and was established in 1946 in Tokyo, Japan.^[1] Currently, among the 610,000 Korean residents in Japan who have not become naturalized Japanese citizens, 65% are members of Mindan, and another 25% are members of Chongryon.

Mindan members prefer the modern South Korean term Kankoku (韓国) to be used when discussing Korea. Chongryon members, some of whom are North Korean fellow travellers, prefer the older term Chōsen (朝鮮). Because Chōsen was the term used during the Japanese rule of Korea and North Korea does not recognize Kankoku, this causes enmity between the groups.^[2]