Ethnicity and Multiculturalism | Japan Business Directory

Browse Categories

Ethnicity and Multiculturalism

You are here: Home > Society and Culture > Ethnicity and Multiculturalism

Categories

Nikkei

Listings

"Japanese" and "Non-Japanese"
Saitama academic's paper on how Japanese define themselves.
http://www.kyy.saitama-u.ac.jp/~fukuoka/non-jap.html

Center for Multicultural Information and Assistance
Kansai based group to empower minorities, protect human rights, and support foreigners in Japan.
http://www.tabunka.jp/english/english.html

Invisible Minorities? Ethnicity, Film, and Literature in Postwar Japan and Germany
Compares and contrasts minority life in Japan and Germany as expressed through the arts.
http://www.aasianst.org/absts/2000abst/Border/BC-61.htm

Issho Kikaku
Aims to monitor issues related to human diversity, language, culture and coexistence in Japan.
http://www.issho.org/

Japan File: Koreans in Kansai
Report on the Koreans in Kansai and a successful attempt to create changes within their community.
http://www.japanfile.com/culture_and_society/social_issues/Koreans_in_Kansai-1.shtml

Korean Voluntary Associations in Japanese Civil Society
Essay defining and describing life and problems of Koreans in Japan, as well as citizenship and identity issues.
http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp69.html

Kyoto Ijin: Nadamoto Masahisa
Interview of researcher on origins and current status of Buraku in Japan.
http://www.nancho.net/kyoto/nadamoto.html

Shijo Tsushin
Site for Japanese expatriate children and difficulties they encounter.
http://www.roots-int.com/S-T/extra/index-e.html

Solving Anti-Burakujumin Prejudice in the 21st Century: Suggestions from Twenty-One Buraku Residents
Essay describing the Burakumin problem in Japan as having negligible improvement in a century, and lists suggestions on how to fix it.
http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/McLauchlan.html

The Han World - Korean Residents in Japan
Website documenting life of Koreans in Japan, current problems, studies on life in Japan, and promotes better understanding between cultures. Site in English, Japanese, and Korean languages.
http://www.han.org/