Japanese Diasporas (seminar presenter and chair)

Gaps in knowledge
Identity and belonging of Japanese diaspora
How are subjectivities produced?
The Literature of the Japanese Diaspora
Regions
What do they share in common beyond heritage?
To what extent is the diasporic experience affected by gender?
Brief history of Japanese diaspora
Period III: 1945-present
Economic/cultural migration
Parallel institutions
Japanese Associations, Japanese schools, Buddhist/Shinto religious organisations, medical facilities, banks, restaurants, hotels, food, and retail
Generations
Assimilation
Multiculturalism


Brief history of Japanese diaspora
Period II: 1854-1945
Migrant labour
N & S America, Asia, Micronesia, Northern Australia
Manchuria (1931-1945) – 270,000
World War Two
Japanese government, private organisations


What is a diaspora?
Diaspora can be defined as 'the movement, migration, or scattering of a people away from an established or ancestral homeland' (Merriam Webster Online) … BUT






The Japanese Diaspora
BAMS Christmas Talk
Dr Lyle De Souza – 11th December, 2015
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation
Brief history of Japanese diaspora
Period I: 14th century to 1854
Pirates
Coastal Korea and China
Traders
Inspired by European exploration
Vietnam, Siam, Manila, Jakarta
Mixed bloods (hapa)
Shipwrecks
National seclusion (1633-1853)




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Expat vs diaspora

US –
China –
Australia –
Brazil –
UK –
Canada –
Thailand – SOAS
Germany –
France –
South Korea -
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E.g. Canada
E.g. UK
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Historical / sociological
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E.g. Canada
E.g. UK
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Dekasegi – temporary to earn money, intention to return home (with savings)
Manchuria – treated as a Japanese colony, settlers had to return to Japan
WWII - not welcome either in Japan or new homeland, not enough savings, foreign wives not welcome in Japan
Comfort women – taken from Kyushu by deception. 5000 in Singapore in 1900.
Japanese government – encouraged settlement abroad to relieve overcrowding, problems in Japan; deception
Private organisations – emigration companies assist for profit
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- Befu – Japanese Transnational Migration in Time and Space
Pirates - Wako pirates did not set ashore, comprised motley crew
Traders -
Shipwrecks – not allowed back into Japan
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Dictionary definition fine for layman but academics use the term differently
Nikkei
(1) Settlement
E.g. Japanese salaryman in New York – migrant/expat not diaspora
E.g. Japanese student in UK – not tourist, not migrant/expat, diaspora?
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