2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Challenges and Future Prospects of Brazilian Children in Japan
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21530569
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | Shizuoka University of Art and Culture |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 日系ブラジル人 / 在日ブラジル人 / 外国人子どもの教育 / 在日ブラジル人の大学進学 / エスニックアイデンティティ / 母語習得 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Brazilian children came to Japan with their parents, most of whom are employed as temporary foreign laborers. Most of the parents’ main purpose is to return to Brazil after earning a sufficient sum of money. This factor negatively influences their children’s education. However, it is important to consider several cases in which young Brazilians came to Japan at a young age or were born here, learned the Japanese language and culture, then were academically successful enough to enter Japanese universities.
The adaptation of the Japanese-Brazilian children to Japan isn’t easy. At home they usually maintain their Brazilian customs and speak primarily Portuguese. However, the children have no links with Brazilian society (especially those who were born in Japan), so they tend to choose Japan as their homeland, and many of them consider themselves the same as any other Japanese child, in customs, language and ways of thinking.
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| Free Research Field |
移民研究
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