Film highlights discrimination against Chosun schools in Japan
A scene from the film, "Discrimination" / Courtesy of D.O. CinemaBy Kwak Yeon-sooIn 2010, the Japanese government waived high school tuition fees to reduce the burden of household education costs. However, 10 Chosun schools, providers of education for ethnic Koreans in Japan, were excluded from tuition exemptions because of their association with North Korea.The government cited the connection between Chosun schools and Chongryun, a pro-North Korean organization in Japan, as the reason for exclusion. There are roughly 70 Chosun schools in Japan that were founded in the 1940s by ethnic Koreans who came to the country to work in mines and factories. The schools were built and financially supported by the North Korean regime. The documentary film “Discrimination” traces two years of legal battles between Chosun schools in Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima and Kita-Kyushu in Fukuoka Prefecture and the Japanese government ― from Osaka District Court's first trial ruling to approve the eligibility of Osaka Korean High School in July 2017 to the Supreme Court's ruling in favor on the gov
