Convención Panamericana Nikkei, 136, 141

COPANI, xviii, 136–143, 145–148, 150–152, 157

Coria del Río, 105–106, 109, 111, 113, 116–122

culture, 4, 8–9, 14–15, 25, 43, 45, 58, 63, 65, 74, 88–90, 97, 101, 106, 112, 115–116, 120–123, 137, 144, 154, 166, 175–176, 178, 181, 182, 197–198, 204, 213, 224, 226–228, 230, 239–241, 245–246, 249, 252, 255, 256, 268–269, 275, 277, 280, 284

cultural

identity. See identity

heritage. See heritage

customary law, 253

Daichi no ko (Children of the Great Earth), 42

Dalian, 37

Date, Masamune, 33, 109–110, 112, 117, 123, 128

dekasegi (temporary migrant), xvi, xviii, xix, xxi, 15, 22, 34–37, 44–46, 80, 82, 167, 171–172, 175, 193

diaspora(s), xvi, 31, 34–35, 37, 42, 88–98, 135, 213, 227, 229–230

Japanese, xviii, 31–32, 37, 43–44, 46, 88, 154, 282–284

Nikkei, 42

theory, xvi, 264

diasporic

community/communities, 34

dshi (comrades), 58, 63–64, 67, 75

Dragon Ash, 96

dukun (folk magic practitioners), 250

Düsseldorf, Germany, xvii, 21, 23, 43, 88, 91–95, 97, 101

Düsseldorf university, 88, 101

East Asian(s). See Asian(s)

economic, xviii–xix, 3, 5, 7, 9, 13–14, 16–18, 20–25, 36–38, 40, 45–46, 55–57, 59, 62, 66–71, 77–89, 107, 111–113, 116, 120, 122, 137–138, 158, 166–169, 174, 177–178, 181, 182, 188–191, 193, 196–197, 265, 274, 278, 281, 286, 287

miracle, 265, 272

economically, xviii, 60, 80, 107, 138, 196–197, 265

economy, xvii, 23–25, 46, 137, 167–168, 172–174, 178, 180, 182, 191, 264, 268

ecumene, 227, 230

Edo (current Tokyo), 115, 124, 215

education/educational, 7, 9, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 38–39, 61, 64, 67, 69–70, 76, 79–80, 88–94, 97–98, 101, 101, 101, 102, 138, 153, 168, 182, 194, 197, 205, 214, 217, 240–241, 248, 253, 256, 264, 270–271, 274–275, 282, 285

Japanese Ministry of. See Japanese Ministry of Education

emic, 11

English, xix, 7, 24, 37, 43, 77, 96, 121, 138, 145, 157, 166, 179, 192, 218–219, 221, 226, 229, 238–241, 243–245, 250–251, 253

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260, 272, 275, 278–279, 284, 286, 287