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Fun fact: The oldest continuous company in Japan (and the world), Kongo Gumi, was founded by a Korean immigrant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong%C5%8D_Gumi
by distantaidenn 7y ago
Fun fact: The oldest continuous company in Japan (and the world), Kongo Gumi, was founded by a Korean immigrant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong%C5%8D_Gumi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kong%C5%8D_Gumi
- gumby 7y agoAnother fun fact: the oldest monarchy in the world was also founded by a Korean immigrant https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/11/world/japan-rediscovers-its-korean-past.html https://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/11/world/japan-rediscovers-i...
- 2038AD 7y agoAs far as I can tell you've misread the article. The grandmother of one of the emperors may have been Korean but the first (non-legendary) emperor was Jimmu who was born in Japan. I'm also a little wary of that article since it says "Yamato is the name of the family that founded Japan's imperial line" when Yamato is the word used for the ethnic group to which most Japanese belong. I'm wondering if there's a link here to the idea that Yamato people are mostly descended from the ancient Yayoi who took Japan from the Jomon and were probably from Korea (but not the ancestors of the modern Korean people).