Web Directory

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

» BBC News - Japan Racism Deep and Profound
   An investigator for the UN says Japan's government does not recognise the country's problem with racism.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4671687.stm

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

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

» 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.
   http://www.aasianst.org/absts/2000abst/Border/BC-61.htm

» Issho Kikaku
   Aims to monitor issues related to human diversity, language, culture and coexistence in Japan.
   http://www.issho.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.
   http://www.jpri.org/publications/workingpapers/wp69.html

» 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.
   http://merton.sscnet.ucla.edu/issr/paper/issr53.pdf

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

» Shijo Tsushin
   Site for Japanese expatriate children and difficulties they encounter.
   http://www.roots-int.com/S-T/extra/index-e.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.
   http://www.japanesestudies.org.uk/discussionpapers/McLauchlan.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.
   http://www.han.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.
   http://www.tabunka.org/