Masaji Ishikawa information

Masaji Ishikawa
Masaji Ishikawa
石川昌司
Born	1947 (age 76–77); Kawasaki
Known for	Defection from North Korea
	Writing career
Pen name	Shunsuke Miyazaki (宮崎俊輔)
Children	3
Korean name
Hangul	도창순
Hanja	都昌巡
Revised Romanization	Do Changsun
McCune–Reischauer	To Ch'angsun

Masaji Ishikawa or Do Changsun is a North Korean defector and author on Zainichi heritage. Ishikawa was thirteen years old when he moved from Japan to North Korea in 1960. His father was Zainichi Korean and his mother was Japanese. Ishikawa later defected from North Korea in 1996 via the Yalu river, leaving behind three children and a spouse.^[1]^[2] The Japanese government assisted him in leaving China.^[3] In 2003, he was working as a security guard.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Matsubara, Hiroshi (5 February 2003). "No welcome mat for North Korea escapees". The Japan Times. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ Scanlon, Charles (25 November 2002). "Identity crises for Japan's Koreans". BBC. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ Lee, Young Hwa (August 2002). "Shenyang asylum incident co-produced by Japan & China" (PDF). The Seiron. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

[jpt-1] Matsubara, Hiroshi (5 February 2003). "No welcome mat for North Korea escapees". The Japan Times. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

[2] Scanlon, Charles (25 November 2002). "Identity crises for Japan's Koreans". BBC. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

[3] Lee, Young Hwa (August 2002). "Shenyang asylum incident co-produced by Japan & China" (PDF). The Seiron. Retrieved 23 May 2021.

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Masaji Ishikawa
石川昌司
Born	1947 (age 76–77) Kawasaki
Known for	Defection from North Korea
Writing career
Pen name	Shunsuke Miyazaki (宮崎俊輔)
Children	3


Korean name
Hangul	도창순
Hanja	都昌巡
Revised Romanization	Do Changsun
McCune–Reischauer	To Ch'angsun