Proposals on the Nationality Question
1. The Government of the Republic of Korea confirms the fact that the Korean nationals who reside within the territory of Japan but who are excluded from the application of the Japanese Census Registration Law possess the nationality of the Republic of Korea.
2. Nationals of the Republic of Korea who have been residing in Japan from before 9 August 1945 will have the right of permanent residence in Japan ipsofacto and without the requirement of any formality, as well as the right of exit from Japan to the Republic of Korea and to other areas.
3. The rights and privileges extended to Koreans nationals who have been residing in Japan from before 9 August 1945 will also accrue automatically to their descendants.
4. The nationals of the Republic of Korea who have the right of permanent residence in Japan will be guaranteed the protection and security of human rights by the Japanese Government in the spirit of realizing the objectives of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and will enjoy the same rights and privileges as are or may be extended to the nationals of Japan.
5. The nationals of the Republic of Korea will be entitled to retain continuously and to dispose freely of their properties under their possession in the territory of Japan, without suffering any restrictions whether they remain in Japan, return to Korea or emigrate elsewhere. They may carry with them their movable properties of every description. No limit will be set on the kind or the quantity or the value of the properties which may be disposed of or removed by Korean nationals under the provision set forth above. No tax or duty whatsoever will be imposed upon them in connection with the disposal or removal of such properties.
6. After consultation with the Republic of Korea, Japan may deport any Korean national who has been duly sentenced to penal servitude or imprisonment for a period exceeding one year, providing that the execution of such sentence has not been suspended or revoked.
7. Any national of the Republic of Korea who makes application for naturalization to Japan within a period of one year after the coming into force of this convention between Korea and Japan shall acquire the nationality of Japan upon such application, notwithstanding the provisions of the Nationality Law of Japan.
Nationality Question
Objectives:
1. all Koreans resident in Japan must be recognized to be citizens of the Republic of Korea.
Chief grounds: ROK is recognized by UN as “Only lawful government” in Korea. Japanese recognition of north Korean regime would be an unfriendly act toward ROK.
2. All Koreans resident in Japan must be assured of right of continuing residence as “friendly aliens”.
Chief grounds: Large proportion were brought to Japan as compulsory laborers. Many have lived here for a decade or more, severing their natural economic ties with Korea, and establishing their natural homes here. Since they came to Japan while a special relationship existed between the two countries, it is proper that they be allowed to remain here under special arrangements.
3. Koreans resident in Japan should be freed from the necessity of paying fees for alien registration.
Chief grounds: same as those cited for 2, above.
4. Koreans resident in Japan should be allowed to take their property from Japan without payment of any export tax and without restrictions on the kinds or amount of such property.
Chief grounds: the property is their’s, acquired under competitive conditions unusually disadvantageous to them. Although not Japanese, and in fact struggling against Japan to regain their national independence, they nevertheless were subject to all the heavy war taxes levied by Japan.