Ethnicity and Multiculturalism
This category deals with ethnic, multicultural, and cultural identity issues of Japanese and non-Japanese in Japanese society.
Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute
- Information aimed to eliminate discrimination, particularly for the Buraku problem in Japan.http://www.blhrri.org/index_e.htm
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
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/
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
"Japanese" and "Non-Japanese"
- Saitama academic's paper on how Japanese define themselves.http://www.kyy.saitama-u.ac.jp/~fukuoka/non-jap.html
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
Koreans in Japan and the United States
- Documents "Attitudes Toward Achievement And Authority" and contrasts attitudes of young Koreans in Japan and the U.S. Adobe Acrobat Reader required. [PDF]http://merton.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/paper/issr53.pdf
Kyoto Ijin: Nadamoto Masahisa
- Interview of researcher on origins and current status of Buraku in Japan.http://www.nancho.net/kyoto/nadamoto.html
The Self-Identities of Zainichi Koreans
- Essay on the history, culture and identity of long-term Korean residents of Japan.http://www.wm.edu/SO/monitor/spring2000/paper1.htm
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
United For a Multicultural Japan
- Working to promote the welfare and legal rights of non-Japanese with Japanese spouses and permanent residents of Japan.http://www.tabunka.org/
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