開催日時
2018年12月10日（月）12：15-12：50
場所
早稲田大学19号館（西早稲田ビル）7階713会議室
参加資格
WIAPS専任教員・助手, WIAPS受入の交換研究員・訪問学者・外国人研究員, GSAPS修士課程・博士後期課程在学生
報告1
報告者
張 潔（早大アジア太平洋研究センター助教）
報告テーマ
Japanese Perceptions of Foreigners Living in Japan: An Empirical Test of Gordon’s Assimilation Model
要旨
Japan is experiencing an unprecedented shrinking and aging population. One of the few solutions is an influx of immigrants into Japan, although the Japanese seem reluctant to such notions. Using a national random survey of the “Public Survey on Political Participation of Citizens and Internationalization 2013”, we explore the factors that influence the public’s opinions about immigrants assimilating into Japanese society.
We employ regression analyses to break down assimilation into various dimensions: culture, structure, identity, prejudice, discrimination, and civic. Three trends can be gleaned from our analysis. First, while roughly half of Japanese citizens are receptive to immigrants living in Japan without the necessity of assimilating, a closer look at the various types of assimilation reveals that Japanese are less receptive when it comes to the specific types of assimilation. Second, the data revealed two types of cultural assimilation and two types of structural assimilation whereas Gordon (1964) only posited one type for each. Third, the data reveals a racial hierarchy among the various nationalities of immigrants present in Japan. Japanese are extremely receptive when it comes to increasing immigrants from America and Germany. In contrast, the Japanese are least likely to welcome an increase in Chinese and Koreans. Interestedly, Filipinos and Japanese-Brazilians fall in the middle. Given our strong evidence for the empirical existence of different dimensions of assimilation, any discussion of assimilation of immigrants must make clear which dimension it is addressing. These results have enormous implications for an influx of future immigrants, especially in terms of public policy towards the integration of immigrants into Japanese society.
