Another way to frame this would be she has chosen to "live in limbo". She could naturalise and it would not have been a problem. Japan makes the zainichi conce

Another way to frame this would be she has chosen to "live in limbo". She could naturalise and it would not have been a problem. Japan makes the zainichi concession because it's got no other option. Force the people affected to become Japanese would cause an outcry. Repatriating them to a country they have never lived in would be little better. The zainichi status holders that I have met over the years in general identify more strongly with their non Japanese nationality and do not want to naturalise. If that means they cannot become a police officer or a government official it seems fairly reasonable to me.