Post date: May 16, 2014 6:08:55 AM
I am interested in Okinawa. Especially, I am interested in foreign people who live in Okinawa. I think Okinawa is most multicultural place in Japan. I think there may be many problems of immigrants or the gap of income between Okinawans and immigrants.
Firstly, I researched about the history of immigrants in Okinawa. After my research, each immigrants of foreigner has each different point to start coming to Okinawa. The nationality which has the oldest history of immigrants is Chinese. In 1327, Japan has trade relationship with Ming (China). At the time, so many Chinese merchants had come to Okinawa to sell Chinese goods. This trade was finished, and some Chinese merchants still stay Okinawa and started to live in there.
Philippines came to Japan to work construction. In 1901, the plan to make road in Benguet started, but the road had so long distance and the construction delayed because of lack of people. So Philippines came and worked. After the finishing of construction, some of them stayed Okinawa. This incident was cause of flood immigrants from south-eastern Asia.
Next research, I will find problems of immigrants and focus on the problem which I find. And also, I will research about figures to show the number of foreigner who live in Okinawa, and specific number of each nationality in there.
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