'This volume...represents an important addition to our understanding of historical and contemporary Japan, to an analysis of the movement of Japanese abroad...and to the very nature and dynamics of what it means to be Japanese.' - Eyal Ben-Ari, Journal of Japanese Studies, Volume 33

• Introduction Part 1: Origins of the Japanese Diaspora 1. The Japanese Diaspora in the New World: Its Asian Predecessors and Origins 2. Japanese Emigration and Immigration: From the Meiji to the Modern 3. Instructions to Emigrant Laborers, 1885-1894: "Return in Triumph" or "Wander on the Verge of Starvation" Part 2: Cultural Identity: From the Incipient Diaspora to Classic Diaspora 4. Paradise Lost: Japan’s Agricultural Colonists in Manchukuo 5. The Intermarried Issei and Mestizo Nisei in the Philippines: Reflections on the Origin of Philippine Nikkeijin Problems 6. Constructing Japanese Brazilian Identity: From Agrarian Migrants to Urban White Collar Workers 7. A Stone Voice: The Diary of a Japanese Transnational Migrant in Canada 8. The Japanese of Peru: The First Century Experience and Beyond 9. Japanese Latin Americans During World War II: A Reconsideration Part 3: Constructing Identities in the Okinawan, Nikkei, and Permanent Resident Diasporas 10. Four Governments and a New Land: Emigration to Bolivia 11. Acting Japanese 12. Crossing Ethnic Boundaries: The Challenge of Brazilian Nikkeijin Return Migrants in Japan 13. Overseas Japanese and the Challenges of Repatriation in Post-Colonial East Asia 14. Negotiating Work and Self: Experiences of Japanese Working Women in Singapore

'This volume...represents an important addition to our understanding of historical and contemporary Japan, to an analysis of the movement of Japanese abroad...and to the very nature and dynamics of what it means to be Japanese.' - Eyal Ben-Ari, Journal of Japanese Studies, Volume 33

• Introduction Part 1: Origins of the Japanese Diaspora 1. The Japanese Diaspora in the New World: Its Asian Predecessors and Origins 2. Japanese Emigration and Immigration: From the Meiji to the Modern 3. Instructions to Emigrant Laborers, 1885-1894: "Return in Triumph" or "Wander on the Verge of Starvation" Part 2: Cultural Identity: From the Incipient Diaspora to Classic Diaspora 4. Paradise Lost: Japan’s Agricultural Colonists in Manchukuo 5. The Intermarried Issei and Mestizo Nisei in the Philippines: Reflections on the Origin of Philippine Nikkeijin Problems 6. Constructing Japanese Brazilian Identity: From Agrarian Migrants to Urban White Collar Workers 7. A Stone Voice: The Diary of a Japanese Transnational Migrant in Canada 8. The Japanese of Peru: The First Century Experience and Beyond 9. Japanese Latin Americans During World War II: A Reconsideration Part 3: Constructing Identities in the Okinawan, Nikkei, and Permanent Resident Diasporas 10. Four Governments and a New Land: Emigration to Bolivia 11. Acting Japanese 12. Crossing Ethnic Boundaries: The Challenge of Brazilian Nikkeijin Return Migrants in Japan 13. Overseas Japanese and the Challenges of Repatriation in Post-Colonial East Asia 14. Negotiating Work and Self: Experiences of Japanese Working Women in Singapore