global, xvi–xviii, 5, 19–26, 32, 39, 87–100, 134, 137–142, 181, 181, 213, 224, 227–228, 230, 256, 283, 286

culture(s), 97

economy, 34

ecumene, 227, 230

identity. See identity/identities

globalization, xvii, 10, 32–33, 88, 92–93, 95, 99–100, 106, 111–112, 120–121, 137, 237–238

Gung Ho (film), 268

gyza (dumplings with minced pork and vegetables), 252

Hagar, 8

hairy Chinese. See ke-t

haku-jin (white people), 6

hana no takai-hito (big-nosed people), 6

Hannerz, Ulf, 227

han-nin-mae (a “half” person), 273

hapa (people of mixed race), 33, 139

hasami (scissors), 224–225

Hasekura, Tsunenaga, 106, 109–111, 113–115, 117–123, 125–127, 128, 128

heritage, xvii–xviii, 4–5, 19–20, 106, 117, 119, 126, 136, 138, 143, 148–149, 151–153, 155, 223, 264, 281

cultural, 117, 136, 152–153

Nikkei, 152

Himawari-kai (a circle of Japanese wives in Jakarta), 238, 256

Hobsbawm, Eric, 15

homecoming, 12, 140, 143, 148, 157

honke (main branch of a family), 217

honorary

citizenship, 113

Europeans, 5

Whites, 5

hosh-k (Japanese supplementary schools), 89–92, 94, 97–98, 102

hybridity, 229

ichi-nin-mae (“full” or “complete person”), 273

identity/identities

black, 5

cultural, xviii, 88, 91, 133, 191

ethnic, xv–xviii, xx–xxi, 4, 6, 11, 16, 19–26, 31–32, 40, 43, 55, 63, 78–81, 90, 93, 95–97, 99–100, 115, 134–135, 138–142, 155, 166, 175, 178, 187–205, 264, 280–283

global, 19, 213

racial, 13

ie (house, household), 215–216

Imin Kenkykai, 45

immorality, 8–9

inari-zushi (flavored boiled rice wrapped in fried bean curd), 252

Indonesia, xx–xxi, 24–25, 42, 237–55, 256

Jakarta, 33, 238, 241, 247, 250, 254, 256

Indonesian, xx, 24–25, 237–247, 250–254, 256

cuisine, 249

language, 241, 245, 256

religion, 25, 240