In this paper, I uncovered the history of Zainichi Koren Art both in Kanto and Kansai district from 1945 to 1950s with interviews which amount to over 50 times. In the analysis, I discussed what an impetus for creating their art works was, when they met each other, what kind of curriculum of art education they chose and how they made the cultural exchange with Japanese artists. I emphasized that the study of Zainichi Korean Art History is late behind in comparison to the literary studies and others, and that we should reconsider their art works in our history.

This study is based on fieldwork conducted in Showamura village, Fukushima Prefecture, in heast Japan. Every year, the local government recruits several trainees, called Orihime （Weaving Princesses）, to learn first-hand how to cultivate the karamushi （Boehmeria nivea）plant and weave fabric from its extracted fibers. This study investigates how female rural in-migrant ways of life are constituted through the relationship with karamushi. By this investigation, this study aims to show life stories weaved from the relationship between human and nature.

This paper attempts to claim the importance of focusing on peer supporters for immigrants in an examination of immigrant integration to Japanese society. There are only few studies on mutual help in Japanese society partly because discussions on immigrant integration have focused on how the host society should accept immigrants, and treat them as “objects” of supports provided by Japanese society. Based on this concern, this paper illustrates interplays of various expectations and ideas of different actors at a site of accepting immigrants through a life story of a peer supporter for the Japanese repatriates from China and Chinese speaking immigrants. Also, the illustration of the interplays suggests that immigrants are also primary actors of immigrant integration.

Few people know about an area called “Kinwan” which used to exist in the former Gushikawa village soon after the battle of Okinawa. The area was inhabited by group of Naha city people who returned from concentration camps evacuation or overseas after the war. Historicizing the District has been difficult because the area was formed by settlement of returning people but disappeared after they moved out to resettle.In this paper I tried to describe the District focusing on how the politics of occupation in Okinawa influenced the historical recognition of subjects. I concluded that the formation and the decline of the Kinwan District were largely influenced by politics of the occupation which also appeared in military labor and economic recovery of Okinawa.

A considerable number of Tatar migrants, who migrated to the Far East in the 1920’s, eventually settled in Turkey. They immigrated as a result of a series of unfavorable events, as foreigners amid the aftermath of the Second World War. While some migrants found difficulties in adapting to Turkish society despite its similarity in terms of ethnicity, language and religion; Azat, a second generation Tatar migrant born in Tokyo, adjusted himself to the new environment. His interview revealed that his diverse experiences in Tokyo played a critical role in preparing him for the immigration process to Turkey in the 1950’s. An important aspect of adapting to the contrasting society includes the development of his technical skills, language and actual recognition of the Turkish economic and social circumstances.