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JASAS Project for Promoting Young Scholars & Internationalization Joint Fieldwork OSAKA-IKUNO Call for Participation

JASAS Project for Promoting Young Scholars & Internationalization
Joint Fieldwork OSAKA-IKUNO
Call for Participation

Date: February 5(Thu)-6(Fri),2026

This project involves collaborative fieldwork between graduate students from South Asia and those from Japan. In its second year, we will visit Ikuno, Osaka City. While Ikuno has long been famous as a “Korean Town” with a large resident Zainichi community in Japan, it is currently undergoing rapid multinationalization. In this area, home to many residents from Nepal and other South Asian countries, Zainichi Koreans support new immigrants as “local residents” or “senior immigrants.” Would you like to join us in visiting sites of this multicultural transformation, such as NPOs and schools, to discuss the lives of South Asian immigrants in Japan and Japan’s multi-ethnic society?

Program (Subject to change due to the organizations to visit）
Online pre-session (The schedule to be decided with the participants)
《DAY 1》 Thursday, February 5th
12：15  Meeting at JR Tsuruhashi Sta.
13：00 Lecture at IKUNO Flat (NPO)
15：30 Visiting JIN Tokyo-Japanese Language School
17：00 Social gathering with dinner
《DAY 2》 Friday, February 6th
9：30 Meeting at JR Momodani Sta.
10：00 Visiting Osaka Seiwa Nursery School
13：00 Field walk
15：00 End
Online post-session (The schedule to be decided among the participants)

Free for Participation
– Travel and accommodation subsidies are available from JASAS for student members traveling from distant locations. However, this does not apply to JSPS Fellows.
– Meal expenses, including those for the networking event, are the responsibility of each individual.

Participant Capacity: 6 members
– Facilitators, including Prof. Susumu Nejima (JASAS President) and Dr. Tomoyuki Chaya (JASAS member), will accompany the group.
– If there are many applicants, we will select participants considering the balance of their home countries and affiliations. The priority will be given to first-time attendees.

Application for Participation
Please send an email by Friday, December 12th, 2025, to the address below with your ① name, ② affiliation, ③ home country, ④ current address, and ⑤ whether you wish to receive travel subsidies or not.

Contact:
Kazuyo Minamide minamide[at]mail.kobe-c.ac.jp
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