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This category deals with ethnic, multicultural, and cultural identity issues of Japanese and non-Japanese in Japanese society. Websites submitted here must be Japan related and in English. Sites in Japanese should be submitted to the appropriate World / Japanese subcategory. 日本語のホームページはこちら.

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"Japanese" and "Non-Japanese" Saitama academic's paper on how Japanese define themselves. www.kyy.saitama-u.ac.jp/~fukuoka/non-jap.html

The Han World - Korean Residents in Japan Website documenting life of Koreans in Japan, current problems, studies on life in Japan, and promotes better understanding between cultures. Site in English, Japanese, and Korean languages. www.han.org

The Self-Identities of Zainichi Koreans Essay on the history, culture and identity of long-term Korean residents of Japan. www.wm.edu/SO/monitor/spring2000/paper1.htm

Invisible Minorities? Ethnicity, Film, and Literature in Postwar Japan and Germany Compares and contrasts minority life in Japan and Germany as expressed through the arts. www.aasianst.org/absts/2000abst/Border/BC-61.htm

Koreans in Japan and the United States Documents "Attitudes Toward Achievement And Authority" and contrasts attitudes of young Koreans in Japan and the U.S. Adobe Acrobat Reader required. merton.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/paper/issr53.pdf

Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute Information aimed to eliminate discrimination, particularly for the Buraku problem in Japan. www.blhrri.org/index_e.htm

Japan File: Koreans in Kansai Report on the Koreans in Kansai and a successful attempt to create changes within their community. www.japanfile.com/../social_issues/Koreans_in_Kansai-1.shtml

Kyoto Ijin: Nadamoto Masahisa Interview of researcher on origins and current status of Buraku in Japan. www.nancho.net/kyoto/nadamoto.html

Shijo Tsushin Site for Japanese expatriate children and difficulties they encounter. www.roots-int.com/S-T/extra/index-e.html

Center for Multicultural Information and Assistance Kansai based group to empower minorities, protect human rights, and support foreigners in Japan. www.tabunka.jp/english/english.html

Issho Kikaku Aims to monitor issues related to human diversity, language, culture and coexistence in Japan. www.issho.org

United For a Multicultural Japan Working to promote the welfare and legal rights of non-Japanese with Japanese spouses and permanent residents of Japan. www.tabunka.org

Korean Voluntary Associations in Japanese Civil Society Essay defining and describing life and problems of Koreans in Japan, as well as citizenship and identity issues. www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp69.html

International Herald Tribune: Bars in a Japanese Port Keep Russians Outside Describes signs banning foreigners from Japanese establishments and the resulting friction among visitors and expatriots. www.iht.com/articles/516562.html

Solving Anti-Burakujumin Prejudice in the 21st Century: Suggestions from Twenty-One Buraku Residents Essay describing the Burakumin problem in Japan as having negligible improvement in a century, and lists suggestions on how to fix it. www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/McLauchlan.html