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SHUKO TAKESHITA, Department of Asian Studies, Chukyo Women's University, 55 Nadakayama Yokone-cho, Obu Aichi, 474-8651, Japan. The Passing CCKs in Japan: Analysis on Families of Cross-Border Marriages between Japanese and Brazilian Since an amendment to the Immigration Control Act in 1990, which granted 2nd and 3rd generation Japanese unlimited visa status to work in Japan, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of Brazilians of Japanese descent coming to Japan. As a result, there is a large number of couples comprising Japanese and Japanese-Brazilian in Japan. In this paper, I investigated the conditions involving Cross-Culture Kids (CCK) born of these marriages. The children's first language is Japanese, and an overwhelming number of parents want their children to learn English as a second language rather than Portuguese. Regarding the children's name, there were few cases in which the child used a Brazilian name. In Japanese society, which emphases uniformity and homogeneity, using a Japanese name is one method of resolving the issue of being different from others. Parents with children who are not immediately recognizable as CCKs based on characteristics of outward appearance have developed strategies for avoiding discrimination and prejudice through passing. However, passing offers little possibility of enjoying the advantages of multicultural society. CCKs with two nationalities and cultural backgrounds should be guaranteed the right to enjoy the benefit of maintaining and developing an identity as a Japanese, in addition to one more identity. We need to encourage a new awareness of CCKs as agents for a transition from a monocultural system to a multicultural system, not only in Japanese schools, but in Japanese society as a whole. SHUKO TAKESHITA, Department of Asian Studies, Chukyo Women's University, 55 Nadakayama Yokone-cho, Obu Aichi, 474-8651, Japan. The Passing CCKs in Japan: Analysis on Families of Cross-Border Marriages between Japanese and Brazilian Depuis qu'un amendement a la loi sur le controle de l'immigration de 1990 a accorde aux 2e et 3e generations de japonais un visa illimite pour travailler au Japon, il y a eu une augmentation notable du nombre de bresiliens d'origine japonaise a venir au Japon. La consequence en est un grand nombre de couples mixtes composes de japonais et de japo-bresiliens au Japon. Dans cet article, j'ai enquete sur les conditions de vie des enfants dotes d'une double culture (Cross-Culture Kids, "CCK") nes de ces mariages. La premiere langue de ces enfants est le japonais et une grande majorite des parents preferent que leurs enfants apprennent l'anglais comme deuxieme langue plutot que le portugais. En ce qui concerne le nom de l'enfant, tres peu de familles choisissent un prenom bresilien pour leur enfant. Dans la societe japonaise, qui insiste sur l'uniformite et l'homogeneite, choisir un prenom japonais est une des methodes permettant de resoudre les problemes de discrimination. Les parents dont les enfants ne sont pas immediatement reconnaissables comme CCK par leurs caracteristiques physiques ont elabore des strategies de dissimulation des origines pour eviter la discrimination et les prejuges. Toutefois, cette dissimulation offre peu de possibilites de beneficier des avantages d'une societe multiculturelle. Le droit de jouir des benefices d'une identite supplementaire developpee en parallele de 1'identite japonaise devrait etre garanti aux CCK qui possedent deux nationalites et deux origines culturelles. Le Japon d'aujourd'hui rend necessaire une education dans le cadre d'une coexistence multiculturelle, une education qui enseigne aux enfants a comprendre et a coexister avec des gens differents d'eux-memes. SHUKO TAKESHITA, Department of Asian Studies, Chukyo Women's University, 55 Nadakayama Yokone-cho, Obu Aichi, 474-8651, Japan. The Passing CCKs in Japan: Analysis on Families of Cross-Border Marriages between Japanese and Brazilian Desde que una enmienda al acto del control de la inmigracion en 1990, concedio a los descendientes de Japoneses de 2da y 3ra generacion el estado de visa ilimitado al trabajo en Japon, ha habido un aumento considerable en el numero de brasilenos de descendencia Japonesa que han venido a Japon. Consecuentemente, hay una gran cantidad de parejas que involucran a Japoneses y Japoneses-Brasilenos en Japon. En este estudio, he investigado las condiciones en las que se encuentran los hijos nacidos de estas uniones de culturas distintas (llamados aqui "CCK" por las siglas en ingles de "Cross-Culture Kids"). El idioma principal de estos ninos es el Japones, y un numero abrumador de padres desean que sus ninos aprendan Ingles como segundo idioma en lugar del Portugues. Con respecto a los nombres de estos ninos, eran pocos los casos en los que el nino tenia un nombre Brasileno. En la sociedad Japonesa, que pone enfasis en la uniformidad y homogeneidad, el usar un nombre Japones es un metodo para resolver el problema de ser diferente a los otros. Los padres de ninos que no son inmediatamente reconocibles como CCKs basado en las caracteristicas del aspecto exterior han desarrollado estrategias para evitar la discriminacion y el prejudicio quedandose el prejuicio intentando pasar desapercibidos. Sin embargo, el deseo de pasar desapercibidos ofrece poca posibilidad de gozar de las ventajas de la sociedad multicultural. A los CCKs con dos nacionalidades y contextos culturales se les debe garantizar el derecho de disfrutar de la ventaja de mantener y de desarrollar una identidad como Japones, en adicion de una identidad mas. El Japon de hoy requiere educacion en la coexistencia multicultural que ensena a los ninos como entender y coexistir con gente diferente a ellos mismos., INTRODUCTION In Japan, there were 44,701 cross-border marriages in 2006-the highest number ever on record. Currently, one out of every 16 marriages in Japan is a cross-border marriage. This increase […]

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