Kurdish People 

在留資格失っクルド人少女描く、嵐莉菜×川和田恵真「マイスモールランド」来年公開 Article about a movie about a Kurdish girl living in Japan that will be released in 2022. 映画ナタリ, 5 Oct 2021.

Japan’s ‘Warabistan’ can become a second home to Kurdish residents: Colak Vakkas An article about the Japan Kurdish Cultural Association, with an interview with Colak Vakkas, secretary-general of the organisation that explains the history of the Kurdish community in "Warabistan" and the support the community provides for Kurds in Japan. It also emphasizes efforts to build connections with the local Japanese community, live by Japanese rules and create a positive impression of Kurds living in Japan.  Ekurd Daily, 23 Feb 2016.

As I See It: Japan must fix refugee status issues before accepting more foreign workers An article that looks mainly at the experience of young Kurdish people in asylum seeker families in Japan in education and after they finish education, including the first Kurdish young person to go onto university in Japan. It argues that they should be given residence status to allow them to work in Japan. Mainichi Shimbun, 10 Nov 2018.

Japan is young Kurd's only home, despite challenges of 'illegal resident' status This article tells the story of Ramazan, a young Kurdish man who came to Japan with his family of asylum seekers when he was 9. He talks about the difficulties he faced as a child growing up in this situation and now as an adult who is on provisional release, and doesn't have legal residence status and so cannot work. Mainichi Shimbun, 6 Jul 2021. 

Banned from working, asylum seekers are building Japan's roads and sewers This article looks at the Kurdish community in Warabi and Kawaguchi, many of whom are asylum seekers on provisional release from an immigration detention centre and working with a valid visa to survive. Reuters Investigates, 8 August 2016.

Ethnic Kurds Find Haven, but No Home, in Insular Japan "Mahircan Yucel is one of about 1,300 ethnic Kurds who have settled in Kawaguchi, an industrial city north of Tokyo, and in the neighboring city of Warabi. Their plight offers a stark illustration of Japan’s approach to refugees." The New York times, 16 August 2016.

Warabistan - The Kurdish limbo in Japan An overview of the situation of Kurdish asylum seekers in Japan, focusing on their marginalization. The paragraph second from the bottom discusses the situation of the children of these asylum seekers who also become marginalized.  Federico Borella, 15 Jan 2018

Status Denied: Kurdish Asylum Seeker Speaks from His Holding Cell This article explains the situation of Mehmet Colak, a 38 year old Kurdish asylum seeker who has been in Japan 14 years after coming to join his brother in Kawaguchi City. His wife and oldest child also joined him in Japan and he now has two children born in Japan but is being held in immigration detention in Tokyo. The article focuses on Mehmet's situation but also explains the situation of his children a little. Nippon.com. 17 Aug 2018. 

Bullying of Kurdish students at Kawaguchi schools a growing problem "Incidents of bullying against Kurdish pupils living in this town, home to the largest population of Kurds in Japan, have intensified to the point that some students are staying home to avoid classmates." Mainichi Shimbun, 23 Apr 2019.

「日本クルド友好協会 Japan-Kurdistan Friendship Association」and information about 「日本語教室ボランティア」(Japanese class volunteering) 2015.

一般社団法人日本クルド文化協会 Japan Kurdish Cultural Association Facebook page. Also on Twitter.

川口のクルド人日本語教室 ボランティア頼み This is the first part of an article about the Japanese language and study support group for Kurdish families in Kawaguchi and Warabi. You have to pay to read the whole article. Mainichi Shimbun, 12 Jun 2017.

新型コロナ＞異国の学び場 待ち焦がれ 川口で日本語教室が再開 An article about the Japanese language support group for Kurdish people in Kawaguchi Shi and how it has responded to the coronavirus pandemic. Tokyo Shimbun, 30 May 2020.

域と生きる ～みんなが共に生きる社会とは？～ The ボランティア活動 section of this page has information about the support group for Kurdish people in Kawaguchi and includes an interview with Komuro san, who runs the group. NHK 高校講座。

July 18, 2020 Workshop & Fundraising with Kurds Refugee Children in Ibara-City, Saitama An workshop and fundraising event for Kurdish asylum seeker children and their families who did not receive the 100,000 per person from the Government during the coronavirus pandemic. Kids Earth Fund, 12 Jul 2021.