(2016-01-15, 8:27 am)Robik Wrote:(2016-01-14, 6:51 pm)afterglowefx Wrote: There are tens of thousands of third generation Koreans--not only were they born in Japan, but so were their parents--who are not considered to be Japanese. They have never been to Korea, they don't speak Korean, they know nothing of the world except Japan. But ask a Japanese person if they're Japanese? Haha, nope, zero percent. Of course it depends on who you talk to and some may give you an in-between response like, "Well, they are Korean, but they have a Japanese heart" or something, but at the end of the day being Japanese is never a choice, and there is no room in Japanese society for non-Japanese.
What about children from mixed marriages, are they considered Japanese?
There is a movie called hafu that (presumably) goes into this in a lot of depth. I haven't watched it myself but I have heard of it.
Debito Arudou's blog goes into these issues in a lot of depth as well. I read it regularly. He also writes a monthly column for the Japan Times.
He also has a new book out called Embedded Racism: Japan's Visible Minorities and Racial Discrimination that you might want to read. Though it appears to be very expensive, so you might want to ask your library to get a copy that you can borrow. The books is the product of his Ph.D. research, and he describes it on his website as his "Magnum Opus".