Why North Korea has children’s schools in Japan Follow Johnny to stay up to date on Vox Borders: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnnywharris Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnnyharrisvox My dispatch about Japan's rising right-wing nationalism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHJsoCAREsg Original Music by Rare Henderson: https://www.rarehenderson.com/audio Vox Borders Episodes: 1. Haiti and the Dominican Republic ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WvKeYuwifc) 2. The Arctic & Russia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx_2SVm9Jgo) 3. Japan & North Korea (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBfyIQbxXPs) 4. Mexico & Guatemala (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xbt0ACMbiA) 5. Nepal & The Himalaya (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECch2g1_6PQ) 6. Spain & Morocco (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY_Yiu2U2Ts) For this episode I found myself embeded with a small community in Japan. They were born there, they speak the language. But they're not Japanese citizens, or even ethnically Japanese - they're North Korean. There's about 150,000 of them living in Japan today, and they've been there for over a century. This community has close ties with the regime in Pyongyang, which supports them financially (and vice-versa). But more importantly, Pyongyang offers them an identity, a heritage, and cultural legitimacy - things that some elements of Japanese society work to deny them. Vox Borders Episodes: 1. Haiti and the Dominican Republic ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WvKeYuwifc) 2. The Arctic & Russia (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wx_2SVm9Jgo) 3. Japan & North Korea (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBfyIQbxXPs)