Ethnic Minority Business in Japan: International comparison in historical perspective

本研究旨在揭示代表日本最大民族产业的弹子球娱乐业的历史动态，并试图从国际视角审视发展因素与族群之间的关系。研究发现，韩裔日本企业家在从事产业的过程中，利用了族群内的资源，但产业的发展需要通过管理调整、制度化、技术创新等因素来解释，这些因素都融入了日本社会。此外，巨大市场的快速增长成为一个转折点，非族裔人士开始认识到这个行业是一个商业机会，并开始参与到这个行业中来。因此，非日本人的所有权比例下降，因此业务中的种族因素变得更少。

The present research aims to reveal the historical dynamics of the pachinko pinball entertainment industry that represents the largest ethnic business in Japan.It attempts to examine the relationships between the developmental factors and the ethnic group from international perspectives. This research finds that the Korean-Japanese entrepreneurs engaged in to the industry and utilized the intra-ethnicity resources in the process.But the development of that industry should be explained by such factors as the adjustment of management, the systematization, and technological innovations, all of which are integrated into the Japanese society. Further, the rapid growth of huge markets functioned as a turning point at which non-ethnic people started recognizing that industry as a business opportunity and began to engage into the business. Consequently, the proportion of non-Japanese ownership declined so that ethnic elements in the business became lessened.