Shinano River incident
The Shinano River incident (信濃川朝鮮人虐殺事件, Shinanogawa Chōsenjin Gyakusatsu Jiken) was the massacre of up to 100 Korean laborers in July 1922 who were working for the Okura zaibatsu at the construction site of a power plant on the Shinano River. == Background == Shin'etsu Electric Power Inc., later absorbed into the Tokyo Electric Light Company and finally the Tokyo Electric Power Company, started building hydroelectric plants in July 1922 including Nakatsu Power Plant #1 on the Nakatsu River which is a tributary of the Shinano River.