Staying or leaving? Choices of further mobility or settlement of European migrants in Japan

这位研究人员能够在欧洲进行计划中的长期实地考察。实地考察工作原计划在2021财年进行，但由于新冠肺炎疫情和旅行限制，最终在2022财年实现。在田野调查中，研究人员对曾在日本生活过并目前居住在欧洲国家(八个不同国家)的个人进行了访谈，进一步促进了对留日和离开日本的决定的理解。研究的进展也是通过咨询初步结果、理论发展和与英国、比利时、荷兰、奥地利、瑞典和德国不同大学的学者的潜在合作而取得的。此外，作为与本项目相关的JSPS联合国际研究基金(A)的一部分，与维也纳大学和其他三所中欧大学的研究人员合作进行了一项关于中欧学生在东亚学习的动机的调查。这次调查的结果将被用来进一步加强这一项目的结果。最后，在欧洲举行的多个国际会议和研讨会上介绍了往年在日本进行的实地考察的初步结果以及在欧洲进行的实地考察的一些初步结果。

The researcher was able to conduct the planned long-term fieldwork in Europe. The fieldwork was planned for FY2021 but due to Covid-19 pandemic and travel restrictions, it was realized in FY2022. During the fieldwork, the researcher conducted interviews with individuals with an experience of living in Japan and currently residing in European countries (eight different countries) which further facilitated the understanding of decisions on staying and leaving Japan. The progress in research was also made by consulting the preliminary results, theoretical development and potential collaboration with scholars based at different universities in the UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Sweden, and Germany.Additionally, a survey on Central European students' motivations to study in East Asia was conducted in collaboration with researchers at the University of Vienna and three other Central European universities as a part of JSPS Fund for Fostering Joint International Research (A) related to the current project. The results from this survey will be utilized to further enhance the findings from this project.Finally, the preliminary results of the fieldwork conducted in previous years in Japan as well as some preliminary results from the fieldwork conducted in Europe were presented at multiple international conferences and workshops in Europe.