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Anti-Korean hate speech in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People march while shouting out hate speech against Korean residents, in Tokyo's Shin-okubo district in June 2013.

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Anti-Korean rally

TOKYO, Japan - A demonstration against Korean residents in Japan is held in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo district known as the capital's Koreatown on Sept. 8, 2013.

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Anti-Korean rally

TOKYO, Japan - Opponents lie on a road in an attempt to block a demonstration against Korean residents in Japan in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo district known as the capital's Koreatown on Sept. 8, 2013. The opponents said such a demonstration would be an embarrassment with Tokyo now set to host the 2020 Olympics.

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Anti-Korean rallies in Tokyo's Koreatown hurting business owners

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows participants in a demonstration against Korean residents in Japan marching in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo district on June 16, 2013, with signs and Japanese flags.

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Anti-Korean rallies in Tokyo's Koreatown hurting business owners

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 27, 2013, shows a shopping street in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo district known as the capital's Koreatown. Demonstrations targeting Korean residents in Japan have negatively impacted businesses operating in the area.

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K-pop culture in Shin-Okubo

Tokyo, Japan - A charity event is held at Okubo Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on June 19, 2011. The event, held June 17-19, was aimed at supporting the reconstruction of northeastern Japan areas hit by March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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K-pop culture in Shin-Okubo

Tokyo, Japan - South Korean pop group ONCE performs at the music hall Seichi in the Shin-Okubo area of Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on June 21, 2011.

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Decade after heroic death

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean woman Shin Yoon Chan (L) places flowers on a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2011, where her son Lee Su Hyon was killed by a train as he tried to rescue a stranger 10 years ago. On the right is Lee's father Lee Song Dae. Lee Su Hyon was 26 and studying at a Japanese language school when he was killed along with 47-year-old photographer Shiro Sekine, who also attempted to save a drunken man who had fallen off the platform on Jan. 26, 2001. The drunken man also died. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Tokyo's Shin-Okubo is hot spot of Korean culture

TOKYO, Japan - Vendors prepare 'hotteok'' Korean sweet pancakes at a food stand in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo district on Jan. 21, 2011. The area has become a hot spot for fans of Korean culture, as many stores feeding their interests have opened, including restaurants, stores selling pop star paraphernalia, and language schools.

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Tokyo's Shin-Okubo is hot spot of Korean culture

TOKYO, Japan - A street in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo district lined with Korean restaurants is crowded with people on Jan. 21, 2011. The area has become a hot spot for fans of Korean culture, as many stores feeding their interests have opened, including restaurants, stores selling pop star paraphernalia, and language schools.

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Singer Sugi performs in memorial concert for Li Su Hyon

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese singer Ryotaro Sugi sings in a memorial concert in Seoul on March 18 for Li Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean who was killed while jumping onto the tracks and trying to pull a drunken man to safety at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku district in January 2001.

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Memorial service held in Tokyo for 2 train heroes

TOKYO, Japan - A joint memorial service is held in Tokyo on Jan. 26 for Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student (L) and, Shiro Sekine, a 47-year-old Japanese photographer (R) who were killed by an oncoming train a year ago when they attempted to rescue a man who had fallen off the platform of a Tokyo train station. About 400 citizens and Japanese government officials, including Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka, attended the ceremony to mark the first anniversary of the accident, which occurred on the tracks at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward.

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S. Korean train hero honored at 1-year memorial service

PUSAN, South Korea - A memorial ceremony for Lee Su Hyon, who was killed last year when he tried to rescue a man who had fallen onto the tracks at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, is held in Pusan on Jan. 26, the first anniversary of his death.

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Train platform safety improved substantially

TOKYO, Japan - Ninety percent of major train stations in Japan have installed or are in the process installing escape mechanisms to reduce fatal accidents on tracks, the government said Jan. 25. The effort follows the deaths of three passengers in January last year at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Photo shows escape space completed at JR Shin-Okubo Station.

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Evacuation area construction begins at JR Shin-Okubo Station

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. men begin work early on the morning of June 21 to construct emergency evacuation areas under the platforms of Shin-Okubo Station following an accident in January in which three people, including a South Korean student and a Japanese photographer, were killed.

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Sculpture to commemorate 2 train heroes set near station

TOKYO, Japan - A sculpture is unveiled near JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo on March 16 to commemorate a South Korean student and a Japanese photographer killed by a rush-hour train in January while trying to save a drunken man from the tracks. The granite sculpture, which depicts a gate, was created by Mitsuzo Yamada, a 55-year-old artist in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, to honor the self-sacrifice of South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, 26, and Shiro Sekine, a 47-year-old photographer from Yokohama.

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Steps installed to prevent platform accidents

TOKYO, Japan - Workers sent from East Japan Railway Co. set up steps at Tokyo's JR Hamamatsucho Station March 3 to prevent platform accidents. Steps were placed in the wake of the Jan. 26 accident at JR Shin-Okubo Station, where two men were killed while trying to rescue a drunken man who fell onto the track. There were no evacuation spaces at the station.

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Ibuki attends funeral of railway track rescuer

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Bummei Ibuki (2nd from L), chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, leaves the funeral of Shiro Sekine, a Yokohama photographer, on Jan. 29. Sekine and Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student, were both killed by an oncoming train after they jumped onto the tracks at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward to rescue an apparently drunk man who had fallen off the platform.

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Parents of student killed by train receive gratitude message

TOKYO, Japan - Parents (R) of 26-year-old South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, who was run over by a train in Tokyo, receive a message of gratitude from Hidetoshi Kagawa, chief of the Shinjuku Police Station in Tokyo, at a funeral ceremony in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, were struck and killed by a rush-hour commuter train on the Yamanote loop line while trying to rescue a drunken man who had fallen off a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station.

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S. Korean train hero honored at 1-year memorial service

PUSAN, South Korea - A memorial ceremony for Lee Su Hyon, who was killed last year when he tried to rescue a man who had fallen onto the tracks at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward, is held in Pusan on Jan. 26, the first anniversary of his death.

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Train platform safety improved substantially

TOKYO, Japan - Ninety percent of major train stations in Japan have installed or are in the process installing escape mechanisms to reduce fatal accidents on tracks, the government said Jan. 25. The effort follows the deaths of three passengers in January last year at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Photo shows escape space completed at JR Shin-Okubo Station.

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K-pop culture in Shin-Okubo

Tokyo, Japan - A charity event is held at Okubo Park in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on June 19, 2011. The event, held June 17-19, was aimed at supporting the reconstruction of northeastern Japan areas hit by March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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K-pop culture in Shin-Okubo

Tokyo, Japan - South Korean pop group ONCE performs at the music hall Seichi in the Shin-Okubo area of Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo, on June 21, 2011. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo's Shin-Okubo is hot spot of Korean culture

TOKYO, Japan - Vendors prepare 'hotteok'' Korean sweet pancakes at a food stand in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo district on Jan. 21, 2011. The area has become a hot spot for fans of Korean culture, as many stores feeding their interests have opened, including restaurants, stores selling pop star paraphernalia, and language schools. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo's Shin-Okubo is hot spot of Korean culture

TOKYO, Japan - A street in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo district lined with Korean restaurants is crowded with people on Jan. 21, 2011. The area has become a hot spot for fans of Korean culture, as many stores feeding their interests have opened, including restaurants, stores selling pop star paraphernalia, and language schools. (Kyodo)

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Decade after heroic death

TOKYO, Japan - South Korean woman Shin Yoon Chan (L) places flowers on a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo on Jan. 26, 2011, where her son Lee Su Hyon was killed by a train as he tried to rescue a stranger 10 years ago. On the right is Lee's father Lee Song Dae. Lee Su Hyon was 26 and studying at a Japanese language school when he was killed along with 47-year-old photographer Shiro Sekine, who also attempted to save a drunken man who had fallen off the platform on Jan. 26, 2001. The drunken man also died. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo)

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New coronavirus

Photo taken May 13, 2020, shows a store in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo Korean town with reduced prices for face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Photo taken May 13, 2020, shows a store in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo Korean town with reduced prices for face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Korea town in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo

People walk in Korea town in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo on Aug. 23, 2019. Relations between the Japanese and South Korean government have been strained over trade and history issues. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koreans in Japan

A woman watches a broadcast about the inter-Korean summit while working at her restaurant popular among Korean residents of Japan in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo area on April 27, 2018. "I couldn't feel happier" she said after seeing the news. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Koreans in Japan

A woman watches a broadcast about the inter-Korean summit while working at her restaurant popular among Korean residents of Japan in Tokyo's Shin-Okubo area on April 27, 2018. "I couldn't feel happier" she said after seeing the news. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Singer Sugi performs in memorial concert for Li Su Hyon

SEOUL, South Korea - Japanese singer Ryotaro Sugi sings in a memorial concert in Seoul on March 18 for Li Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean who was killed while jumping onto the tracks and trying to pull a drunken man to safety at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku district in January 2001. (Kyodo)

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Evacuation area construction begins at JR Shin-Okubo Station

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. men begin work early on the morning of June 21 to construct emergency evacuation areas under the platforms of Shin-Okubo Station following an accident in January in which three people, including a South Korean student and a Japanese photographer, were killed.

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Sculpture to commemorate 2 train heroes set near station

TOKYO, Japan - A sculpture is unveiled near JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo on March 16 to commemorate a South Korean student and a Japanese photographer killed by a rush-hour train in January while trying to save a drunken man from the tracks. The granite sculpture, which depicts a gate, was created by Mitsuzo Yamada, a 55-year-old artist in Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, to honor the self-sacrifice of South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, 26, and Shiro Sekine, a 47-year-old photographer from Yokohama.

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Steps installed to prevent platform accidents

TOKYO, Japan - Workers sent from East Japan Railway Co. set up steps at Tokyo's JR Hamamatsucho Station March 3 to prevent platform accidents. Steps were placed in the wake of the Jan. 26 accident at JR Shin-Okubo Station, where two men were killed while trying to rescue a drunken man who fell onto the track. There were no evacuation spaces at the station.

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Parents of student killed by train receive gratitude message

TOKYO, Japan - Parents (R) of 26-year-old South Korean student Lee Su Hyon, who was run over by a train in Tokyo, receive a message of gratitude from Hidetoshi Kagawa, chief of the Shinjuku Police Station in Tokyo, at a funeral ceremony in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward on Jan. 29. Lee and photographer Shiro Sekine, 47, were struck and killed by a rush-hour commuter train on the Yamanote loop line while trying to rescue a drunken man who had fallen off a platform at JR Shin-Okubo Station.

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Ibuki attends funeral of railway track rescuer

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Bummei Ibuki (2nd from L), chairman of the National Public Safety Commission, leaves the funeral of Shiro Sekine, a Yokohama photographer, on Jan. 29. Sekine and Lee Su Hyon, a 26-year-old South Korean student, were both killed by an oncoming train after they jumped onto the tracks at JR Shin-Okubo Station in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward to rescue an apparently drunk man who had fallen off the platform.