国際結婚者の国籍変更と文化的アイデンティティ

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The purpose of this study is to clarify the reason why internationally married Japanese women change their nationalities. In addition, this study will discuss the relationship between nationality changes and cultural identity. This is part of fieldwork that was started in 1991. The subjects are Japanese women married to Indonesian men and have changed their nationalities from Japanese to Indonesian. Repeated Interviews were carried out from 1993 until 2000 in Bali, Indonesia. The results show the following: 1) The reasons for the nationality change of internationally married Japanese women are "comfort of daily life" and "decision to make a permanent home in Indonesia". It is considered that those reasons are interconnected and strongly influence the decision to change nationalities; 2) It was pointed out that whether their parents are still alive or deceased plays a big roll in the decision to change nationalities: 3) After changing their nationalities to Indonesian their cultural identities as Japanese have been maintained. They recognize their origins as Japanese. It is suggested that changes of nationality of internationally married women are a process for examination of the relationships among the Japanese women themselves and Japan (incl. parents), as well as Indonesia (seeking for a comfortable place for them), and that the changes connect with Identity.