Ethnicity and Multiculturalism

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

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/

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

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/

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

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

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

BBC News - Japan Racism Deep and Profound - An investigator for the UN says Japan's government does not recognise the country's problem with racism. <small>(July 11, 2005)</small>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4671687.stm

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

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

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

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