Applied geographic study on the ethnic conflict in Japan as a multiethnic nation

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23242052
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Human geography
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: YAMASHITA Kiyomi 筑波大学, 生命環境系, 教授 (00166662)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): YAGASAKI Noritaka 日本大学, 文理学部, 教授 (30166475) ; KAGAMI Masahiro 東京学芸大学, 教育学部, 教授 (60185709) ; NEDA Katsuhiko 奈良教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (50192258) ; YOSHIDA Michiyo 和歌山大学, 観光学部, 教授 (40368395) ; KATAOKA Hiromi 近畿大学, 経済学部, 准教授 (70432226) ; OISHI Taro 関西学院大学, 国際学部, 准教授 (70433092) ; FUKUMOTO Taku 宮崎産業経営大学, 法学部, 准教授 (50456810) ; ARAMATA Miyo 恵泉女学園大学, 人間社会学部, 准教授 (60409810)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: エスニック地理学 / エスニック・コンフリクト / 移民 / 在日外国人 / エスニシティ / チャイナタウン / 華僑華人 / エスニック集団

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Foreign residents have increased in Japan and the areas with concentrated population of non-Japanese residents have been formed. Observing the ethnic conflict in multiethnic nations, Japanese society may also face aggravated ethnic conflict in the near future. The purpose of this study is to examine the cases of ethnic conflict in foreign countries on the basis of fieldworks and to search for appropriate means to alleviate the ethnic conflict that might occur in Japan.

Free Research Field

人文地理学