Agreement on the Repatriation of Korean Nationals in Japan

Japanese: 在日朝鮮人帰還協定 - ざいにちちょうせんじんきかんきょうてい

An agreement on the repatriation of Koreans in Japan concluded in August 1959 between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Red Cross Society and the Japanese Red Cross Society. This was the result of a movement among Koreans in Japan to realize the repatriation, which was sparked by Kim Il-sung's 1958 statement welcoming returnees. From then until November 1967, a total of 88,611 people had returned home on 155 ships. However, in April of the same year, the Japanese Red Cross Society notified the Japanese government of its intention to terminate the agreement at the end of the year, based on a cabinet decision, and the repatriation program was suspended from that year onwards. Due to strong demands from the Korean Red Cross Society and Koreans in Japan to resume the program, it was resumed in 1971 and continued until 1984, with 4,728 people having returned home. This number includes approximately 6,000 accompanying family members with Japanese nationality.
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Japanese:

1959年８月朝鮮民主主義人民共和国赤十字会と日本赤十字社との間に結ばれた在日朝鮮人の帰国に関する協定。1958年金日成の帰国者歓迎声明に端を発して，在日朝鮮人の間に起こった帰国実現運動が実を結んで実現。以後1967年11月までに155回の配船で計８万8611人が帰国した。しかし，同年４月日本赤十字社が，日本政府の閣議決定に基づいて協定の年内打切りを通告し，同年以降帰国事業が停止された。朝鮮赤十字会および在日朝鮮人の強い復活要求により1971年再開されて1984年まで続き，4728人が帰国した。以上の人数には日本国籍をもつ随伴家族約6000人が含まれる。
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