No Need for Ethnicity, No Need for Communities?

Joy and Sorrow of Self of Potential Japanese Immigrants in Vancouver

Abstract

Focusing on young Japanese potential immigrants in Vancouver, this paper explores the reasons they do not commit to their own ethnic community and the meaning for them of being Japanese. It points out their preference of self-searching to community life, their divided evaluation of Japan in terms of citizenship, society and culture, and their stable self-identity as Japanese.