Japan identifies itself as a nation whose nationhood is founded on the ideology of a common descent (Befu 2001). Japan did not have such a unified ethno-based self-understanding before the...
Anarchist theory and practice have global aims of liberation. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, anarchism furnished a comprehensive critique and analysis of state rule, capitalism and imperialism,...
This study presents how is a cross-border labour market between Japan and Vietnam is constructed by Japanese private intermediary actors. The Japanese government has been implementing de-facto migration policies and...
Contemporary societies are increasingly characterized by the ‘diversification of diversity’ or: superdiversity (Vertovec, 2007), particularly in the urban contexts, where global flows of capital, goods and people are concentrated (Sassen,...
Manga und Anime erfreuen sich in Deutschland ungebrochen hoher Beliebtheit, so dass jedes Jahr Unmengen an Text ins Deutsche übersetzt werden muss. Dabei geht es nicht nur um die Übertragung...
Germany is Europe’s largest migrant-receiving destination. Among migrants who hail from more than 100 origin countries across all continents, the Chinese and Japanese groups have some of the longest community-building...
Okinawa ist zwar – mit einer Unterbrechung von 1945-1972 – seit etwa 120 Jahren ein Teil Japans; es wird aber nach wie vor als etwas von Japan abweichendes ‘Anderes‘ imaginiert....
This presentation argues that Okinawan diaspora strategies are different from Japanese diaspora strategies and can be understood as shaped by a history of Japanese colonization. Diaspora strategies generally refer to...
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