Experience of Vietnamese Refugees and Japanese
community
4.0 Introduction
Discrimination takes place within interactions with other members of the society,
which is the main stage for integration. In Japan, there have been discriminations
against foreign people 40 . The mechanism of exclusion is not only one,
but plural. Though being refugees as sub set of “non Japanese” in Japanese
society, the experience differs from that of first generation 41 from that of second
generation. This study has so far provided the background policy context
of those refugees who have been raised and who are currently being raised in
Japan. The main discussions in this chapter, however, are on the second generation
of Vietnamese refugees who were born in Japan and who may or may
not have Japanese citizenship. The first generation’s experience is also briefly
explored, since there are indivisible links between generations. Experiences of
several second generation Vietnamese are then explored, on the basis of interviews.
The response of Japanese sides toward them in the community based on
the case of Nagata and Yao will be explored, as the other key actor toward integration.