Japanese people in South Korea (Japanese: 在韓日本人, Hepburn: Zaikan Nihonjin) (Korean: 재한일본인; RR: Jaehan Ilbonin) are people of Japanese ethnicity residing or living in South Korea.

They are usually categorized into two categories: those who retain Japanese nationality and are present in South Korea , and those who changed their nationality to South Korean (일본계 한국인, "Ilbongye Hangugin").

[citation needed] The history of Japanese Koreans are usually divided into two different time periods.

During Japanese rule in Korea, the peak of the Japanese population was 752,823, circa 1942.

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