Editing Osaka Prefecture (section)

== Demographics ==
[[File:Osaka prefecture population pyramid in 2020.svg|thumb|279x279px|Osaka prefecture population pyramid in 2020]]
According to the 2005 Population Census of Japan, Osaka prefecture has a population of 8,817,166, an increase of 12,085, or 0.14%, since the Census of year 2000.<ref>{{cite web | title = Table 1: 大阪府の人口の推移 ( Population Change of Osaka Prefecture) | publisher = Osaka Prefectural Government | url = http://www.pref.osaka.jp/toukei/kokucho/gaiyou1.html | language = ja | access-date = 2007-03-13 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070105142219/http://www.pref.osaka.jp/toukei/kokucho/gaiyou1.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archive-date = 2007-01-05}}</ref>

As of 2022 this prefecture has about 93,000 [[Zainichi Korean|ethnic Korean persons]], the largest such population of any prefecture in Japan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=大阪府の国籍・地域（出身地）別 在留外国人数 |url=https://www.pref.osaka.lg.jp/documents/35740/2022_kokuseki_betsu.pdf |access-date=2024-07-14}}</ref> [[Osaka City]]. As of 2013 most ethnic Korean children attend ordinary Japanese public schools, although some Korean schools operated by the [[Chongryon]] and classes for ethnic Koreans had opened in the prefecture. During the [[Korea under Japanese rule|Japanese rule of Korea]] many ethnic Koreans came to the Osaka area to look for work. Many people from [[Jeju Province|Jeju]] came to the Osaka area after a 1922 ferry line between Osaka and Jeju opened. During [[World War II]] Japanese authorities forced additional ethnic Koreans to move to the Osaka area.<ref name=AokiKoreansp166>Aoki, Eriko. "Korean children, textbooks, and educational practices in Japanese primary schools" (Chapter 8). In: Ryang, Sonia. ''[[Koreans in Japan: Critical Voices from the Margin]]'' (Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations). [[Routledge]], October 8, 2013. {{ISBN|1136353054}}, 9781136353055. Start: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=OXBHAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA157 157]. CITED: p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=OXBHAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA166 166].</ref>