in hyogo prefecture, the government closed the korean ethnic schools and forced students to transfer to the local japanese schools. these actions resulted in the closure of most of the 337 schools that were administered by the league of koreans. by 1952, 157 korean ethnic schools were still in operation in japan. as a result of the protests, the eighth army general officer robert eichelberger ordered kobe police to go on a “korean hunt” that aimed to arrest anyone who looked korean.