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Japan's Diversity Dilemmas: Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Education
reveals how Japanese society is now in the midst of dramatic
transformation brought on by demographic change and globalization.
Foreigners are coming to Japan and many more will come in the near
future to meet the demands of an economy that needs workers to
compensate for an extremely low birth rate. The ramifications of
this influx of foreigners into a society that has based its
identity on a mythical ethnic purity are enormous. This book
examines the effects of globalization on both new and older ethnic
communities. It shows the ways in which minorities, in particular
Koreans, are changing their conceptions and practices regarding
nationality. It explores issues of human rights and emerging
conceptions of citizenship in Japan. It also looks at how forces of
globalization are affecting the state ideology of homogeneity and
how a new image of diversity and multiculturalism is slowly
developing. Several authors focus their attention on implications
for education in citizenship education, ethnic education, and
international education. of diversity that impact Japan as a nation
in three areas: ethnicity, citizenship, and education. As the
population diversifies, the linking of ethnicity and citizenship is
being challenged and education is a battleground where these
struggles occur. This collection of papers by an interdisciplinary
group of authors helps readers to understand Japan's evolving
conceptions of the nation and its attempts to balance tensions of
unity and diversity. 'Japan's Diversity Dilemmas looks at precisely
the kind of issues that need examination and discussion, as Japan
stands on the cusp of potentially huge demographic and social
changes. This collection of studies will enrich and inform
classroom and public discourse and those who follow these issues
will find this book essential. -Sharon Noguchi, San Jose Mercury
News and former Fulbright Fellow, University of Tokyo
This book explores the social and cultural dimensions of Japan's global presence. Japan's expansion and presence as an economic giant is witnessed on an everyday basis. Both consciously and unconsciously, we regularly come into contact with Japan's industrial and cultural globalization, from cameras and automobiles to judo, cuisine or animation. Japan's presence in the popular imagination is heavily influenced both by the country's historical past and its global present. The book's panel of expert contributors use thorough ethnographic accounts to examine the country's influence and image abroad. They examine areas including: * Japanese multinational corporations * Consumption of its popular music in Hong Kong * Japanese photography in America * Perceptions of Japan in France and Korea * A much needed corrective to the ethnocentrism of a great deal of the existing literature on globalization, this unique and fascinating ethnography is essential reading for students and scholars of Japanese Studies, Anthropology and Cultural Studies.
Series Information: Nissan Institute/RoutledgeCurzon Japanese Studies
This is the first English version of Tadao Umesao's classic,
published first in Japanese in 1957, with a full description of his
"ecological theory" of civilizations of Eurasia. Dividing the
Eurasian continent into three major ecological zones consisting of
Western Europe, Japan, and the region between them, he shows how
the first two are basically similar and demonstrates fundamental
differences between Japan and China. In 1964 a jury of ten
intellectuals chose this treatise as one of the 18 most influential
treatises since 1945 from among more than a hundred which were
considered. In 1998, when an influential monthly, Bungei Shunju,
solicited "the ten most impactful books" in the twentieth century
from more than 170 intellectuals in Japan, this book won the third
highest vote among 67 books that were nominated.
Japan's Diversity Dilemmas: Ethnicity, Citizenship, and Education
reveals how Japanese society is now in the midst of dramatic
transformation brought on by demographic change and globalization.
Foreigners are coming to Japan and many more will come in the near
future to meet the demands of an economy that needs workers to
compensate for an extremely low birth rate. The ramifications of
this influx of foreigners into a society that has based its
identity on a mythical ethnic purity are enormous. This book
examines the effects of globalization on both new and older ethnic
communities. It shows the ways in which minorities, in particular
Koreans, are changing their conceptions and practices regarding
nationality. It explores issues of human rights and emerging
conceptions of citizenship in Japan. It also looks at how forces of
globalization are affecting the state ideology of homogeneity and
how a new image of diversity and multiculturalism is slowly
developing. Several authors focus their attention on implications
for education in citizenship education, ethnic education, and
international education. of diversity that impact Japan as a nation
in three areas: ethnicity, citizenship, and education. As the
population diversifies, the linking of ethnicity and citizenship is
being challenged and education is a battleground where these
struggles occur. This collection of papers by an interdisciplinary
group of authors helps readers to understand Japan's evolving
conceptions of the nation and its attempts to balance tensions of
unity and diversity. 'Japan's Diversity Dilemmas looks at precisely
the kind of issues that need examination and discussion, as Japan
stands on the cusp of potentially huge demographic and social
changes. This collection of studies will enrich and inform
classroom and public discourse and those who follow these issues
will find this book essential. -Sharon Noguchi, San Jose Mercury
News and former Fulbright Fellow, University of Tokyo
Much of the misunderstanding by foreigners about Japan arises out
of their acceptance of certain stereotypes about the Japanese.
Harumi Befu spearheaded the critique of the stereotypical and the
essentialized characterization of the Japanese and their culture,
often referred to as Nihonjinron. He now presents his summary
statements in this book by reviewing the whole gamut of the
Nihonjinron literature, ranging from ecology, rural community
structure, personality, language, values and ethos. He shows the
roles Nihonjinron plays for the identity formation of the Japanese
and as the idealized norm of the society in orienting the public.
Elaborating on the way in which Nihonjinron functions as a civil
religion, the book outlines how a period of positive self-identity
has alternated with a period of negative self-identity since the
Meiji period.
Tracing the history of feminism in Japan from the end of the nineteenth century to the present, Vera Mackie offers a fascinating account of those who rebelled against convention in the dissemination of ideas which challenged accepted ways of thinking about women, men and society. This carefully documented analysis is for students of feminism and related areas where nothing comparable is currently available.
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