1. 日本研究演習(英語)Ａ Chris Burgess (1号館1308研究室、内線164)・

2. 大谷　苑子

3. Next Class: Semester Review Test
25 multiple choice (2 points each)
Select from a, b, c, or d (in groups!)
1 English composition (individually)
Choose from 8 questions
50pts + =
100pts
No electronic dictionaries,
books, or memos…

4. Examples of Multiple Choice Questions

5. In 2050, the Japanese population is estimated to be…
145 million
120 million
100 million
70 million

6. Examples of English Composition Questions

7. Japan should recognise dual nationality: Discuss
b) Permanent residents should be given voting and employment rights: Discuss
c) Japan needs to bring in more migrants if it is to survive: Discuss
d) Compensation should be given to ‘sex-slaves’ and ‘slave-labourers’: Discuss

8. Don’t say what you think “should” happen
COMPOSITION HINTS
Avoid “I think…”
　Present an argument not your opinion
Don’t say what you think “should” happen
Do present arguments and evidence in a balanced, logical way (like a debate)
　e.g. 1 paragraph each:賛成・反対・まとめ
for
against
analysis/summary

9. There are two arguments against dual nationality. First, …. Second,
There are two arguments against dual nationality. First, …..Second,.... There are two arguments for dual nationality. First, …..Second,.... In summary, the main arguments are…XYZ arguments are strong because…XYZ arguments are weak because. Overall, ….

10. Points to Remember
Semester Review (test) Date June 15th (please come on time!)
The test covers the whole semester
Compositions can be as long as you like (assuming you have time to write!)
Questions are from the lecture and powerpoints: you don’t need to review every word of the handouts
If you want to check your test results, please drop by my office later in term 2 (if you want them earlier please contact me by )

11. ＮＥＷＣＯＭＥＲＳ & INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE

12. ‘Oldcomers’ vs. ‘Newcomers’
Most ‘oldcomers’ neither old nor did they come from anywhere…
Many ‘newcomers’ are not new, but have been settled in Japan for 20 or 30 years!
カタカナ labels tend to emphasise foreign-ness and create distance

13. Newcomers 1970’s Indo-Chinese Refugees
Late 70’s Female ‘entertainers’ from Asia
-1986
Mid 80’s+ Migrant Workers from South & SE Asia, China, Korea, and Iran
1990 Nikkeijin from Brazil
J took about 10,000 refugees – compare US taking 900,000
Before 1988 most newcomers were women
Social visibility – new migration/second opening of Japan
Also Chinese returnees and their families

14. Is gai(koku)jin an exclusionary or even racist label?
「移民」と呼ばれていない。。。
1970’s 難民
Late 70’s 　　　アジアから来た
「エンターテイナー」
Mid 80’s+ 外国人労働者
帰国者・日系人
Is gai(koku)jin an exclusionary or even racist label?
Politicians and media studiously avoid the “i” word

15. Japanese & Foreign Population (1979-2009)
1.55% (2005) 2.01 million
1.63% (2006) 2.08 million
1.69% (2007) 2.15 million
1.70% (2008) 2.2 million
2009: First Fall since 1961!
1.6% (2012) 2.03 million
1.6% (2013) 2.07 million
1.7% (2014) 2.1 million
Total Japanese Population peaked (128m) in 2008, now falling(2050 estimate 100m)
=2009

16. Permanent (永住者） Non-permanent (非永住者） (201５) General PR (new-comers)
spouse
Special PR (old-comers)
Long term resident
Foreign Student
Non-permanent (非永住者）

17. Registered Foreigners in Japan by Nationality (1991-2015)
万 (10,000)
万 (10,000)
1. ?
2. ?
4. ?
3. ?
Right scale is total number of registered foreigners (grey bars); left scale is number of various nationalities
5. ?

18. Registered Foreigners in Japan by Nationality (1991-2015)
万 (10,000)
万 (10,000)
Right scale is total number of registered foreigners (grey bars); left scale is number of various nationalities

19. 外国人労働者問題 s
Longer stays s
Steady Family Formation
Putting down roots in communities
Residency (居住) ・ Settlement (定住)

22. No. of International Marriages
(5.8%)
2006 Peak
1 in 30
(3.2%)

24. Are national cultural differences really the most important?
Play bookmarked scene in Darling

26. What is an ‘international marriage’?
Marriage of a Japanese and a non-Japanese
Including Koreans born and brought up in Japan
‘Original’ Japanese concept
Concept ‘made in Japan’ in 2nd half of 19C
Used to give Japanese nationality
to non-Jap. & ‘build the nation’
through marriage to whites!
Itsuko Kamoto

27. Who Marries Japanese?
4 out of 5 international marriages involve a foreign wife (妻外国人)
15,442
2013
2001

28. POST-WAR HISTORY
Started off as a local government initiative in Yamagata in 1985 (rural depopulation)
Companies (業者) gradually took over as kokusai kekkon boom took off
Today there are thousands of agencies…
過疎化
Reaction to 過疎化（rural depopulation）: koukeisha taisaku (measures to retain heirs)

29. PROBLEMS Human Rights Abuses （人権侵害） Commodification (商品化)
Human Trafficking (人身売買)
Baby Machines?
Article on trafficking from DY : Japan no law on human trafficking…
Cases of women being divorced because no baby without being told.

30. My Research
"Paradoxically, the bride importing project, aimed at conserving the structure of Japanese society, will potentially have the effect of drastically altering it.”
Nakamura (88:31)
Newcomers have the potential to shape fundamental social change…

32. WHY YAMAGATA?
High percentage of newcomers who marry and settle (定住) locally
Well-developed support organisations
Rapid pace of change
内なる国際化＝uchinaru kokusaika
(“grassroots internationalisation”)

33. MY PhD THESIS
How do newcomers navigate, negotiate, and (re)construct their identities?
Are they ready to be social agents? How are they able to exercise agency?
How might their actions challenge stereotypes of ‘Japanese’ and ‘foreigner’, especially notions of Japanese identity as homogenous?
(（ある結果をもたらす）力, 作用, 働き)
What do I want to know?

34. SAMPLE
17 women (15 married to Japanese) from Korea, China, Philippines, Brazil
Interviews took place between Sept and March 2002
Recruited through local NGO and International Association
Despite the image of the ‘Filipino bride’, 2/3 of foreign residents are Chinese and Korean

35. JAPANESE SUMMARY
博士論文の主なテーマは、現代日本における変革の可能性である。日本は転換期に入っているという点で議論する。日本にいる永住移民がこの変革をもたらしているという視点から究明するものである。この人達の日常生活での言動が日本の社会の変革に大変影響を与えており、日本の今後の発達と親密なつながりを持つ。

36. ツヨシ君に伝えたい～フィリピン花嫁たちは今
１９９５年５月
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39. 日本研究演習(英語)Ａ Chris Burgess (1号館1308研究室、内線164)・

40. FINDINGS
Newcomers constantly reconstruct their personal sense of national identity
Newcomers also adapt to local norms
Newcomers are very self-aware about identity construction
Social capital, not ‘resistance’, is important
Japan may be approaching a ‘critical mass’ in terms of Japanese identity being transformed from within

41. Marks 100 years since annexation in 1910