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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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