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» Buraku Liberation and Human Rights Research Institute - Information aimed to eliminate discrimination, particularly for the Buraku problem in Japan.

» Center for Multicultural Information and Assistance - Kansai based group to empower minorities, protect human rights, and support foreigners in Japan.

» The Han World - Korean Residents in Japan - Website documenting life of Koreans in Japan, current problems, studies on life in Japan, and promotes better understanding between cultures. Site in English, Japanese, and Korean languages.

» Invisible Minorities? Ethnicity, Film, and Literature in Postwar Japan and Germany - Compares and contrasts minority life in Japan and Germany as expressed through the arts.

» Issho Kikaku - Aims to monitor issues related to human diversity, language, culture and coexistence in Japan.

» Japan File: Koreans in Kansai - Report on the Koreans in Kansai and a successful attempt to create changes within their community.

» "Japanese" and "Non-Japanese" - Saitama academic's paper on how Japanese define themselves.

» Korean Voluntary Associations in Japanese Civil Society - Essay defining and describing life and problems of Koreans in Japan, as well as citizenship and identity issues.

» Koreans in Japan and the United States - Documents "Attitudes Toward Achievement And Authority" and contrasts attitudes of young Koreans in Japan and the U.S. Adobe Acrobat Reader required. [PDF]

» Kyoto Ijin: Nadamoto Masahisa - Interview of researcher on origins and current status of Buraku in Japan.

» Shijo Tsushin - Site for Japanese expatriate children and difficulties they encounter.

» Solving Anti-Burakujumin Prejudice in the 21st Century: Suggestions from Twenty-One Buraku Residents - Essay describing the Burakumin problem in Japan as having negligible improvement in a century, and lists suggestions on how to fix it.

» United For a Multicultural Japan - Working to promote the welfare and legal rights of non-Japanese with Japanese spouses and permanent residents of Japan.

» BBC News - Japan Racism Deep and Profound - An investigator for the UN says Japan's government does not recognise the country's problem with racism. (July 11, 2005)

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