Basic Research on Okinawan Immigrants and Community Buildings in Prewar South Seas

研究目标如下1.深入研究冲绳移民的迁移现象/模式。分析冲绳移民如何参与南海地区的社区建设，将空间概念化为一种分析范畴。根据自己和当地人的见证，记录冲绳移民的生活经历。对内南海和外南海地区的冲绳移民结构进行比较分析。在移民现象/模式方面，冲绳县存档的“海归事实研究”(收集1.3万人的信息)数据库已经开始照亮轮廓。我们还发现，冲绳人和日本移民建立的机构/组织在今天的城市中继续被使用，比如在新喀里多尼亚的努美市。二战摧毁了冲绳移民。在内南海地区，大多数移民返回日本和冲绳，而在外南海地区，如新喀里多尼亚，战后许多家庭破裂，冲绳人被留在该地区。这些社区与冲绳的当地组织，即达沃协会保持联系，并在冲绳成立了新喀里多尼亚友好协会，因为有留在新喀里多尼亚的冲绳移民。

The goals of research follow below.1. To delve into the migration phenomenon/patterns of the Okinawan immigrants.2. To analyze how Okinawan immigrants involved in building communities in the South Sea region conceptualizing space as a category of analysis.3. To record the life experiences of Okinawan immigrants based on their own testimonies and the ones by local people.4. To conduct comparative analysis on the structures of Okinawan immigrants between the inner South Sea and the outer South Sea regions.In terms of migration phenomenon/patterns, the database of "Facts Research of Returnees" (that collects information of 13,000 people) archived by Okinawa Prefecture have began to illuminate the outline.We also found out that the institutions/organizations built by Okinawan and Japanese immigrants have continued to be utilized in the cities today like in Noumea, New Caledonia.WWII devastated the Okinawan immigrants. In the inner South Sea region, most immigrants returned to Japan and Okinawa while in the outer South Sea region such as New Caledonia, many families were broken up and Okinawans were left behind in the region after the war. Such communities kept their ties with local organizations in Okinawa, i.e., Davao association, and New Caledonia Friendship Association was established in Okinawa with the existence of Okinawan immigrants left behind in New Caledonia.