The Islanders' memories and the History of the Exchange by Sea between Japan and Korea : About the Korean Shipwreck Victims off at the bay of Ashibe in Iki Island

这项研究是关于二战结束后，在从日本回国途中遇难的韩国人在池崎岛附近发生的海上事故。1945年9月至10月间，载有韩国人的遣返船离开日本回国。然而，他们从未到达目的地；一场强烈的台风袭击并摧毁了长崎县池崎岛附近的他们，夺走了数百人的生命。虽然这一地区的沉船事故并不少见，但这些特殊的事故没有正式记录，也没有公开谈论。这并不是本研究关注这些案例的唯一原因；这场悲剧通过事实和目击者讲述的故事，暴露了日本人和韩国人之间的复杂关系，以及在极端条件下放大的二战结束时相互之间的复杂情绪。三年来，仔细检查了沉船地点，采访了池城居民，发现了事件档案，调查了遇难者遗体的下落，通过这项研究，发现了几个新的事实：(1)日本国会会议期间，阿什贝湾沉船遇难者曾被认为是受到广岛原子弹影响的被征召劳工，但事实并非如此。(2)虽然伤亡人数被认为是岛上居民不愿帮助韩国人造成的，但实际上一些居民可能救出了幸存者。(3)一些遗骸安放在纪念碑下，另一些遗骸被供奉在崎玉县德罗泽的KonJoin寺庙；但可能还有更多的遗骸有待发现。

This study deals with the maritime accidents off the island of Iki killing the Koreans on their way home from Japan right after the World War II. Between September and October 1945, repatriation ships carrying the Koreans left Japan for their homeland. However, they never made it to their destinations; a strong typhoon hit and annihilated them off the island of Iki, Nagasaki Prefecture, claiming hundreds of lives. While shipwrecks around this area were not uncommon, these particular accidents were not officially recorded nor publicly talked about. That is not the only reason this research focuses on these cases; the tragedy exposes through the facts and the stories told by the witnesses the complex relationship between the Japanese and the Koreans and the mixed emotions toward each other at the end of WWII magnified by the extreme condition.For three years, the sites of the wrecks were closely examined, the residents of Iki were interviewed, the archives on the incidents were uncovered, and whereabouts of the victims' remains was investigated, and the historical records on the diplomatic relationship between Japan and Korea was examined.Several new facts have surfaced through this research: (1) The shipwreck victims in Ashibe Bay had been thought to be the drafted laborers who were affected by the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and were regarded as such during the session of the Japanese Parliament, but it is untrue. (2) While the number of casualty was thought to have resulted from the reluctance of the islanders to help the Koreans, some of the residents actually might have rescued the survivors. (3) Some of the remains rest under the memorial monument, while others are enshrined at Konjoin Temple in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture; however there may lie more remains yet to be discovered.