A Survey on the Social Integration of the Long-Term Foreign Residents for making Policy Recommendation.

长期外国居民社会融合状况调查及政策建议本研究由两项调查组成，旨在调查长期居住在日本的外国居民的社会融合程度。调查的参与者是158名年龄在13岁至22岁之间的日裔巴西年轻人。第一项调查调查了日裔巴西人的预期和实际生活状况。研究结果如下。首先，虽然年轻的巴西人在很多方面都融入了社会，但他们相信自己未来会回到巴西。其次，他们对日本和巴西的文化都表现出了同等程度的尊重。第三，四分之一的参与者使用日语作为思维语言，即使在涉及复杂问题的社交场合也是如此。在第二项调查中，参与者被要求进行阅读测试，并回答一份问卷，然后讨论他们在测试中的表现。对20名在私立学校学习的年轻日本学生进行了同样的测试和问卷调查。目前正在对研究结果进行分析。这项研究的结果将通过各种渠道和学术报告提供给日裔巴西社区，并将出现在科学研究援助研究项目补助金的正式报告中。在实施针对长期外国居民的融合政策时，特别是在教育方面，将考虑这些调查结果。

A Survey on the Social Integration of Long-Term Foreign Residents for Making Policy RecommendationThis study consists of two surveys that aim to investigate the degree of social integration of long-term foreign residents in Japan. The participants of the surveys were 158 young Japanese-Brazilians between the age of 13-22. The first survey investigated the expected and actual living conditions of the Japanese-Brazilians. The findings are as follows. First, although the young Brazilians were socially integrated in many aspects, they believed that they would go back to Brazil in the future. Second, they showed a respect for both the Japanese and Brazilian cultures to the same degree. Third, one fourth of the participants used Japanese as the language of thought even in social situations that involve complicated issues.In the second survey, the participants were asked to do a reading test and answer a questionnaire and then discuss their own performance on the test. The same test and questionnaire were administered to 20 young Japanese students studying in a private school. The results are currently being analyzed.The results of this study will be made available to the Japanese-Brazilian community through various channels and academic reports and will also appear in a formal report of the Research Project Grant in Aid for Scientific Research. The findings will be taken into consideration when integration policy for long-term foreign residents, particularly regarding education, is implemented.