Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Date (from‐to) : 2019/04 -2022/03
Author : Hyun Mooam
In previous studies, the return of postwar Japanese from Japanese colonies and occupied territories(gaichi)such as China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, and Sakhalin to Japan proper (naichi) was divided into two categories: "repatriation" which occurred immediately after the end of the war and "return" which happened from the 1980s onwards. In contrast, this study focused on the many unique return experiences that happened from the 1950s to the 1970s and that could not be explained by the conventional framework. As a result of examining "repatriation" and "return" and the change of the Japanese government’s national policies, the part of the political mechanism when the "return" policy was begun in postwar Japan became clear. Furthermore, this study clarified the social and cultural mechanisms that included/excluded people who crossed the border toward Japan while it was transforming into a nation-state.