Economic crisis and transnationalism: migration strategies of Peruvian migrants going to Japan

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23402043
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: The University of Tokushima
• Principal Investigator: HIGUCHI Naoto 徳島大学, 大学院ソシオ・アーツ・アンド・サイエンス研究部, 准教授 (00314831)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): INABA Nanako 茨城大学, 人文学部, 准教授 (40302335)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: デカセギ / 日系人 / 帰還移民

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We have had interviews with 290 Peruvian migrants (including those with Japanese citizenship), most of whom were greatly influenced by the economic crisis following the Lehman shock and the East Japan earthquake. They returned to Peru without preparing for lives after going back, which made many problems to their families. During the research period we encountered many families separated in Peru and Japan: some sent husbands again to Japan to earn expenses necessary in Peru, others formed transnational households in which between and among parents and children were separated in various ways.

Free Research Field

社会学