1999 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
The Adaptation of Nikkei Brazilians to Japan and International Marriages in Japan
Project/Area Number |
09410062
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Section | 一般 |
Research Field |
社会学(含社会福祉関係)
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Research Institution | Kibi International University |
Principal Investigator |
YONEMURA Shoji Kibi International Univ., Dept. of International Sociology, Prof., 社会学部, 教授 (40032742)
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Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAKURAI Yoshihide Hokkaido Univ., Dept. of Literature, Associate Prof., 文学部, 助教授 (50196135)
HIRAKAWA Takehiko Aichi Prefec. Univ., Dept. of Literature, Associate Prof., 文学部, 助教授 (80189828)
ASAI Michiko Yamanashi Prefec. Nursing Coll., Prof., 教授 (10212466)
ISHIKAWA Yukari Kassui Women coll., Dept. of Life Science, Assoicate Prof., 生活科学科, 助教授 (80280270)
ENARI Miyuki Mie Univ., Dept. of Humanity & Literature, Associate Prof., 人文学部, 助教授 (20269682)
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Project Period (FY) |
1997 – 1999
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Keywords | Nikkei Brazilians / occupation / value orientation / rugged individualism / adjustment / discrimination / international Marriage / nationality |
Research Abstract |
At first, the occupational social and cultural adaptation of Nikkei Brazilians to Japan is analyzed through 508 cases in 8 Prefectures, through which it made clear that the discontinuity of their jobs between Brazil and Japan makes them hard to adjust to Japan. The value orientation of Nikkei Brazilians, especially their rugged individualism makes difficult them to adjust to the belt production of Japanese modern factories, which bring out pressures upon them. They say Brazil is more mobile than Japan and that Japan is closed and exclusive. On the other hand, their openness accelerates social and cultural interchanges between them and Japanese. It is studied also that with this visit to Japan as a momentum, their consciousness of being Japanese becomes more and more strong among the second or third generation of Nikkei Brazilians, who now intend to make long stay in Japan instead of mere emigrant laborers. This self-consciousness of being Japanese makes possible Nikkei Brazilians coexist with Japanese. Secondly, 86 international marriages between foreign husbands and Japanese wives are case-studies through direct interviews. Through these case-studies the following three are made clear. 1), there is a sharp discrimination between Japanese couples and international ones and 2), couples of western husbands and Japanese wives equally share household tasks, while between Asian husbands and Japanese wives males make decision over household tasks and allot a number of household tasks upon their wives. 3), taking advantages of internationality positively , couples educate their children freely and bilingually irrespective of their nationality.
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