Sangokujin

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Sangokujin (三国人, lit. third country's citizen) is a Japanese term referring to the various former colonial subjects of the Empire of Japan in the aftermath of World War II. This term particularly applied to Koreans and Taiwanese people, although it also sometimes was used for Ryukyuan people.[1] The term is now generally considered antiquated and offensive.

  1. ^ Dower, John W. (1999). Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II. W. W. Norton & Company. p. 122. ISBN 978-0-393-04686-1.