A comparative study on changing Chinatowns in the U.S.A., Southeast Asia, and Japan.

本研究的目的是探讨美国、东南亚和日本唐人街的变迁，并考虑其地域特征。调查者收集了各种关于唐人街的书籍、文章和统计数据，并通过计算机建立了唐人街书目的数据库。他在日本横滨、神户、长崎等三个主要的唐人街以及新加坡、吉隆坡、雅加达等东南亚城市的唐人街进行了实地调研，所有的唐人街都在打造独特的商业化民族城镇。虽然美国的一些老唐人街，如旧金山和纽约的唐人街是观光的地方，但随着大陆中国、台湾、香港和东南亚等新来者的增加，街在大都市的郊区发展起来。东南亚唐人街的主要功能是为华人提供经济、社会和文化服务。因此，东南亚的大多数唐人街都不是国内旅游的热门地区。

The aim of this study was to discuss changing Chinatowns in the United States of America, Southeast Asia, and Japan, and to consider their regional characteristics.The investigator has collected various books, articles, and statistical data on Chinatowns, and has made data bases of the bibliographies on Chinatowns by computer. He carried out field researches in the three main Chinatowns in Japan such as Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki, and in the Chinatowns in Southeast Asian cities such as Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta.All of the Chinatowns in Japan are making unique commercialized ethnic towns. Although some old Chinatowns in the United States such those in San Francisco and New York are sightseeing places, new Chinatowns have developed in the suburbs of metropolises as new comers from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and so on, increased. Main function of the Chinatowns in Southeast Asia is to offer economical, social, and cultural services to the ethnic Chinese. So most Chinatowns in Southeast Asia are not popular regions for domestic tourism.