Directory of Ethnicity and Multiculturalism Resources

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This category deals with ethnic, multicultural, and cultural identity issues of Japanese and non-Japanese in Japanese society.

Websites submitted here must be Japan related and in English. Sites in Japanese should be submitted to the appropriate World/Japanese subcategory.

日本語のホームページはこちら.

Subcategories

• Nikkei

Resources in This Category

• "Japanese" and "Non-Japanese"

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

• BBC News - Japan Racism Deep and Profound

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4671687.stm
  An investigator for the UN says Japan's government does not recognise the country's problem with racism.

• Issho Kikaku

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

• Korean Voluntary Associations in Japanese Civil Society

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

• Kyoto Ijin: Nadamoto Masahisa

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

• Shijo Tsushin

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

• Solving Anti-Burakujumin Prejudice in the 21st Century: Suggestions from Twenty-One Buraku Residents

  http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/McLauchlan.html
  Essay describing the Burakumin problem in Japan as having negligible improvement in a century, and lists suggestions on how to fix it.

• The Han World - Korean Residents in Japan

  http://www.han.org/
  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.

 

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