Aiko Nishikida Seminar

In our daily lives, opportunities to interact with people from foreign countries have increased. You may often notice that the names on the name tags of people taking orders or working the registers at restaurants and convenience stores are written in katakana. Today, they have become an indispensable presence, supporting a part of the Japanese economy. However, Japan actually has no immigration policy, and the number of refugees accepted is extremely limited compared to other developed nations. How will Japan interact with people of different languages and cultures in the future?

In this seminar, people interested in immigrants and refugees living in Japan or around the world gather to conduct research. As we read literature from diverse academic fields and exchange ideas in group sessions, the process of discovering each other's strengths and discussing while respecting opinions is actually similar to the process of coexistence. What can we learn from advanced host countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the Netherlands? Let's think about this together.

(Published: April 2026)