Naturalization and Ethnic Identity: Moving Zainichi-Korean Identity.

In Japan a great many Korean who come from Korean peninsula(Zainichi-Korean) is resident for four generations.In recent years,the numbe of becoming a naturalized Japanese citizens continues to grow steadily.Because,they assume that they will reside in Japan from now on and they feel inconvenient for living as Korean.For example,people who keep Korean citizenship are on a restricted the right to vote a local election and are prohibited to be a high ranking officials. On the other hand, many of Korean,the first and second generation,think that by becoming a naturalized Japanese citizens,they will lose the original identity,that is Korean ehnici identity.According to them,the nationality influences and transforms ones ethnic identity seriously.So,in order to sustain Korean identity,the first and second generations deny to acquire Japanese citizenship and moreover keep Japanese culture at a distance.However many of young people do not stick to singular Korean identity and do not like to assimilate Japanese at same time.Rather it seems that they create new identity,nor Korean nor Japanese.The items mentioned above,Zainichi-Korean's identity are moving.In this paper,by several hearing data for Zainichi-Korean,I try to analyze the interaction among the naturalization and the ethnic identitiy. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]