Jisho

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Noun
1. the order forced on Koreans to change their names to Japanese ones
Wikipedia definition
2. Sōshi-kaimeiSōshi-kaimei (創氏改名) was a policy created by Jiro Minami, Governor-General of Korea under the Empire of Japan, implemented upon Japanese subjects from Korea (referred to below as Koreans). As defined by Ordinance No. 19, issued in 1939, sōshi, literally "creation of a family name", was mandatory because, under the Japanese interpretation, Korean family names were not family names but clan names which indicate a person's father's origin, while by Ordinance No.
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