The love of the late Chizuko Tauchi, the “mother of Korean orphans”, was praised by South Korean President Yoon

On the 13th of this month, South Korean President Yoon Seo-gyul (Yun Seok-yeoul) visited Chullanamdo (South Jeolla Province) in the southwestern part of the country, which was protected by Chizuko Tauchi (1912-1968), who is known as the ``mother of Korean orphans.''
We visited Mokpo Kyoseien, a children's care facility in Mokpo City. President Yoon, who attended a ceremony commemorating the 95th anniversary of the establishment of the foundation that operates the park, expressed his hope that the symbiotic garden will continue to develop as a symbol of friendship between Japan and Korea.
``I hope that the government will continue to implement welfare for the socially vulnerable, which will provide even greater support for the socially vulnerable.'' Mr. Tauchi was born in Kochi City in 1912. In Mokpo in 1938 during the Japanese colonial period.
She married Yoon Chi-ho, a Christian evangelist, and has since taken the name Yoon Hak-cha. At that time, the lives of common people were difficult and the number of orphans was increasing.
The couple was involved in the activities of the orphanage Mokpo Kyosei-en, and became parents to many orphans. The ``Kyoseien'' later developed into a facility with educational functions. There are still about 40 children at the school.
Chiga lives. In 1946, Tauchi temporarily returned to her hometown of Kochi with her mother and two children, but her feelings for the husband and orphans she had left behind in Mokpo grew, and the following year she rejected her mother's persuasion.
I returned to Korea. After her husband went missing in the Korean War in 1951, she carried on his legacy and worked hard to help orphans.
In recognition of his achievements, in 1963, the Korean government awarded Mr. Tauchi the opportunity to become the first Japanese person to receive cultural education.
Awarded the National Medal of Honor. Then-President Park Chung-hee praised Tauchi, calling him ``a person who loved humanity and protected and raised our children (Korean children).'' Mr. Tauchi
At the ceremony celebrating her award, she said, ``I was just protecting the school until my husband returned.The children did the hard work.'' Until he fell ill in 1968 and died at the age of 56, 3,000 people died.
I raised an orphan. When he passed away, Mokpo City held a civil funeral, attended by approximately 30,000 people. Mr. Tauchi's life dedicated to Korean orphans was broadcast on Nippon Television in February 1992.
He was introduced in the documentary program ``Do I Know You?!'', which led to the production of the Japan-Korea joint film ``Apocalypse of Love'' (1995). For production, Kochi
A ``Society to Make the Movie a Success'' was established by citizens and reportedly raised a large amount of support. At the time, Japanese popular culture was about to be lifted in South Korea, and this work was released as part of the Korean government's lifting of the ban on Japanese popular culture.
It was approved for screening as the first film to be approved. Regarding this, then-Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi said, ``I am delighted that the screening of ``Apocalypse of Love'' has become a departure point for future Japan-Korea cultural exchange.''
Mr. Tauchi's thoughts have been carried on by the Kyosei Welfare Foundation, which was subsequently established. On the 13th of this month, an event commemorating the 95th anniversary of the founding of the foundation that operates the park was held at the park, and President Yoon and others
Approximately 500 people attended, including his wife Kim Geun-hee, Jeollanam Province Governor Kim Yong-rok, Mokpo Mayor Park Hong-ryun, and the park's staff. From Japan, Councilor Seishiro Eto of the Liberal Democratic Party
Approximately 100 people attended, including Naoki Kumagai, Minister-General of the Japanese Embassy. At the ceremony, President Yoon said of Tauchi, ``He was a ``Korean orphan who transcended national borders and raised children from other countries as if they were his own.''
Moni (mother). "That love touched the hearts of the Korean and Japanese people," he said. President Yoon also spoke with President Kim Dae-jung (Kim Dae-jung) and Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (who is from South Jeolla Province, where Mokpo is located).
Noting that this year marks the 25th anniversary of the Japan-Korea Joint Declaration by the National Institute of Health and Welfare (at the time), Mr. Kim, who grew up in Mokpo watching the activities of the nursery school, and Mr. Obuchi, who are familiar with the activities of the nursery school, were able to issue this declaration. Well then
Ikato said that the declaration could be said to have departed from the same school. Last year marked the 110th anniversary of Tauchi's birth, and a commemorative ceremony was held at the nursery school. The current Japan-Korea relationship has improved since then, and only the political world
In addition, exchanges between the business community and the private sector are becoming more active. The love of the ``mother of Korean orphans'' has been passed down to the current Japan-Korea relationship.