share their views on diversity in Japan and a Japanese word 'ha-fu,' which means a person with a mixed race (half-blooded) . Some people are negative about the word by saying it is discriminatory ...

In Japanese, the word “Nisei” describes someone born in North America whose parent(s) were immigrants from Japan. It’s one of several terms Sierra Schlag hears people use to describe her ...

According to current mainstream theory, Japanese have mixed origins in the Jomon people known for their distinctive pottery culture (c. 14500 B.C.-1000 B.C.) and the Yayoi people with their own ...

AOMORI--A government project is under way to keep afloat the Japanese tradition of mixed-gender bathing ... “We hope to work hard so more people will come to believe that the practice needs ...

His American grandfather was stationed in Japan with the US military and his grandmother was from Okinawa. As a sociologist, Shimoji studies the experiences of people of mixed heritage.