Losing Names
Japanese Airbase
Apologies
100
True or False: People of the Korean culture sometimes seek a specialist when naming their child.
True "Korean parents who believe that their child’s fortune is determined by its name often defer to naming specialists, believing that there are many factors to consider.” (www.english.visit.korea.or.kr)
100
True or False: The students in Korea were used for construction of airbases.
True. "We are building an airfield about thirty miles south of Pyongyang-or about twenty miles north of our town. The airfield, we are told, will have two runways and will serve as a refueling station for the Kamikaze planes that are being flown from Manchuria to the mainland." (Lost Names, 143)
100
Did the Japanese apologize to the Koreans?
Yes. "Japan has apologized[...]Japan has been far more repentant than is often credited[...]With the Koreans, there has been an unwillingness to help the Japanese find ways of reconciling when the Japanese have tried to do so." (nation.time.com)
200
True or False: Koreans weren't considered legal subjects of the empire after their name was changed to a Japanese name.
False "Koreans[...]were legal subjects of the empire" (Japan at War, pg. 98)
200
True or false: The Korean students working on the airbase weren't given food and education.
False.
300
Did the Japanese allow the Koreans to choose their names?
Yes.
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