The History Museum of J-Koreans

History of the Museum

24th November 2005
Establishment of the History Museum of J-Koreans in Minato-ku, Tokyo. (Permanent collection exhibition room, library, seminar room)

May 2007
2nd exhibition: “The First Generation’s War: Issues Regarding Former BC-Level Korean War Criminals”
June 2007
Renewal of the permanent collection exhibition room

September 2009
5th exhibition: “A Poet, Artist, and Critic Who Fought Discrimination: Oh Rim Jun exhibition”
December 2009
Opening of the “Nagoya Special Exhibition” (Nagoya City Museum)

April 2010
Establishment of the special exhibition room
May 2010
6th exhibition: “1 Yen Lawsuit: My name is Choi Chang Hwa”
September 2010
7th exhibition: “The Massacre of Koreans during the Great Kanto Earthquake and the State and the Masses”
October 2010
Symposium on the “Annexation of Korea” upon its 100-year anniversary and the 5-year anniversary of the History Museum of J-Koreans (Osaka)
“Mapping Out the Future of Zainichi” (Osaka International Conference)
November 2010
Symposium on the “Annexation of Korea” upon its 100-year anniversary and the 5-year anniversary of the History Museum of J-Koreans (Tokyo)
“Differences in Historical Awareness in Korea and Japan, 100 Years After Annexation” (YMCA Asia Youth Center)
November 2010
“Fukuoka Special Exhibition” (Fukuoka City Museum)

October 2011
8th exhibition: “Park Eidai Photo Exhibition – Gunkanjima: Memory of the Forced Mobilization of Koreans”

August 2013
9th exhibition: “90 Years After the Great Kanto Earthquake, an Unatoned Past: The Massacre of Koreans as Seen Through Photos, Paintings, and Books”

March 2014
10th exhibition: “Abandoned Koreans: The Comfort Women”
May 2014
11th exhibition: “Ahn Sae Hong Photo Exhibition: Korean Comfort Women Left in China”
July 2014
Mini exhibition: “On the Donghak Peasant Revolution & Sino-Japanese War” nishiki-e exhibition
‘Seize the Korean Royal Palace!: Everything Started From Gyeongbokgung, ‘From Trapping the King to the Sino-Japanese War’”

January 2015
Exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the History Museum of J-Koreans: ‘Oh Byong Hank – Ethnic Colors Connecting the Strait”
February 2015
Mini exhibition: “A History of Mindan Through Posters” (lobby)
April 2015
Publication of lecture notes Questioning Japan through Modern Korean History
August 2015
12th exhibition: “Bae So Photo Exhibition: Dancer Kim Soon Ja's Commemoration Trip and Requiem Dance”
September 2015
Mini exhibition: “70 Years Since Our Establishment: Mindan” (lobby)
October 2015
Exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the History Museum of J-Koreans: “Exhibition of Donations: Treasures Within Trash”
Expansion of the 10th anniversary exhibition room
November 2015
Movie screening celebrating the 10th anniversary of the History Museum of J-Koreans: Kōshikei (Death by Hanging, directed by Ōshima Nagisa)

July 2016
13th exhibition: “Photo Exhibition in Memory of Director Oh Duk Soo: Behind the Scenes”
September 2016
14th exhibition: “Japan and the Independence Movement Within Japan” (co-hosted by Independence Hall and the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs)
November 2016
15th exhibition: “Zainichi Koreans with Hansen's Disease: Photos Taken by Cho Gun Jae”
December 2016
Symposium celebrating the 100th Saturday Seminar: “The Present Future of the History Museum of J-Koreans”

February 2018
16th exhibition: “Plus/Minus My Youth: 20 Years After the Passing of Park Kyong Shik”

February 2019
17th exhibition: “The February 8th Declaration and March 1st Movement” and “Symposium Commemorating the 100-Year Anniversary of the February 8th Declaration and March 1st Movement”
November 2019
18th exhibition: “The Poverty and Discrimination That Gave Rise to the Mass Repatriation Project”