Ryoko Tsuneyoshi is a professor of comparative education at the Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo.Kaori H. Okano is an associate professor in the School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Australia. Sarane Spence Boocock is an emeritus professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University.

• 1. Introduction: An interactive perspective in understanding minorities and education Kaori H. Okano and Ryoko Tsuneyoshi Part 1 2. Long-existing minorities and education Kaori H. Okano 3. The schooling of Buraku children: Overcoming a legacy of stereotyping and discrimination Sarane Boocock 4. Schooling and Identity in Okinawa: Okinawans and Amerasians in Okinawa Naomi Noiri 5. Ethnic Koreans in Japanese schools: Shifting boundaries and collaboration with other groups Kaori Okano Part II 6. The "newcomers" and the Japanese society Ryoko Tsuneyoshi 7. The 'new' foreigners and the social reconstruction of difference: The cultural diversification of Japanese education Ryoko Tsuneyoshi 8. Schools, communities, and newcomer children: A case study of a public housing complex Mutsumi Shimizu 9.(Mis)Managing diversity in non-metropolitan public schools: The lack of state-sponsored support for ‘newcomer’ children Chris Burgess 10. The Kikokushijo: Negotiating boundaries within and without Misako Nukaga and Ryoko Tsuneyoshi 11. Concluding remarks: Implications for educational research and reform Sarane Boocock

Ryoko Tsuneyoshi is a professor of comparative education at the Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo.Kaori H. Okano is an associate professor in the School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Australia. Sarane Spence Boocock is an emeritus professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University.

• 1. Introduction: An interactive perspective in understanding minorities and education Kaori H. Okano and Ryoko Tsuneyoshi Part 1 2. Long-existing minorities and education Kaori H. Okano 3. The schooling of Buraku children: Overcoming a legacy of stereotyping and discrimination Sarane Boocock 4. Schooling and Identity in Okinawa: Okinawans and Amerasians in Okinawa Naomi Noiri 5. Ethnic Koreans in Japanese schools: Shifting boundaries and collaboration with other groups Kaori Okano Part II 6. The "newcomers" and the Japanese society Ryoko Tsuneyoshi 7. The 'new' foreigners and the social reconstruction of difference: The cultural diversification of Japanese education Ryoko Tsuneyoshi 8. Schools, communities, and newcomer children: A case study of a public housing complex Mutsumi Shimizu 9.(Mis)Managing diversity in non-metropolitan public schools: The lack of state-sponsored support for ‘newcomer’ children Chris Burgess 10. The Kikokushijo: Negotiating boundaries within and without Misako Nukaga and Ryoko Tsuneyoshi 11. Concluding remarks: Implications for educational research and reform Sarane Boocock

Ryoko Tsuneyoshi is a professor of comparative education at the Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo.Kaori H. Okano is an associate professor in the School of Social Sciences, La Trobe University, Australia. Sarane Spence Boocock is an emeritus professor of sociology in the Department of Sociology and the Graduate School of Education at Rutgers University.

• 1. Introduction: An interactive perspective in understanding minorities and education Kaori H. Okano and Ryoko Tsuneyoshi Part 1 2. Long-existing minorities and education Kaori H. Okano 3. The schooling of Buraku children: Overcoming a legacy of stereotyping and discrimination Sarane Boocock 4. Schooling and Identity in Okinawa: Okinawans and Amerasians in Okinawa Naomi Noiri 5. Ethnic Koreans in Japanese schools: Shifting boundaries and collaboration with other groups Kaori Okano Part II 6. The "newcomers" and the Japanese society Ryoko Tsuneyoshi 7. The 'new' foreigners and the social reconstruction of difference: The cultural diversification of Japanese education Ryoko Tsuneyoshi 8. Schools, communities, and newcomer children: A case study of a public housing complex Mutsumi Shimizu 9.(Mis)Managing diversity in non-metropolitan public schools: The lack of state-sponsored support for ‘newcomer’ children Chris Burgess 10. The Kikokushijo: Negotiating boundaries within and without Misako Nukaga and Ryoko Tsuneyoshi 11. Concluding remarks: Implications for educational research and reform Sarane Boocock