How does an extended stay in Japan influence Indian migrants’ sense of their identity as they adapt to a country very different from their own?

Wadhwa focuses on the Indian Diaspora in Tokyo, analysing their lives there by drawing on a wealth of interviews and extensive participant observation. She examines their lifestyles, fears, problems, relations and expectations as foreigners in Tokyo and their efforts to create a ‘home away from home’ in Japan.

This book will be of great interest to anthropologists and sociologists concerned with the impact of migration on diaspora communities, especially those focused on Japan, India or both.

This film documents the lives of two Indian women migrants who moved to Japan more than a decade ago, as a case study of the ‘trailing spouses’ concept in migration.

A film by Megha Wadhwa based on a research project led by five women exploring skilled migration in Asia

A collaboration between five female migration studies scholars and seven Asian migrants in South Korea, Singapore, and Japan. The film examines migrants’ personal and professional journeys, their aspirations for staying or leaving their host country and the challenges they face. Through their quest for a place to call ‘home’, the documentary offers a perspective on belonging, identity, and resilience.

これまでの“多文化教育”では社会的少数派のマイノリティ側へ変化を求め、
彼らを教育・エンパワーすることによって多文化共生を実現しようとしてきましたが、
本書はその考えに一石を投じる一冊。

100年以上の歴史を持つ日系人のコミュニティ。そこで行われてきた日本語日本文化と現地の言語文化の間の葛藤、挑戦、実践は、現代社会にどう活かせるか。マイノリティの言語文化教育も視野に入れ、当事者たちの声を聞く。

ローザ・パークスや大坂なおみなど、アメリカ現代史において女性たちが「声」を上げた瞬間、その経緯・背景、余波を考察した本