A Research on Intercultural adjustment Chinese students in Japan and Japanese students in China

自从中国开始实行开放政策以来，大约有30年了，当时来日本学习的学生人数开始增加。随着日本政府接受10万名外国留学生的政策，来自中国的学生已经成为日本留学生群体中最大的群体。另一方面，随着日中两国合作关系日益密切，日本留学生已成为在华留学生中第二大群体。本研究旨在准确描绘出在日本的中国学生和在中国的日本学生在周围环境发生巨大变化时的跨文化适应情况。本研究有三个主要特点。首先，采用互动研究方法。从比较的角度考察学生在日本和中国的经历，从而更客观的评价成为可能。其次，三年的纵向研究使我们有可能掌握跨文化适应过程中每天的变化。第三，参与式方法增强了本研究的有效性。研究小组的所有成员都参与了外国学生的教育和咨询工作。此外，成为研究对象的学生也积极参与研究，建议改善外国学生和跨文化项目的政策。调查结果的可信度得到了加强，同时调查者与被调查者之间建立了信任关系。本研究的主要成果有三点。首先，它可以积累大量的问卷调查结果、学生日记、访谈笔记和研讨会纪要。其次，对中日两国第一代和第二代留学生进行了比较，从而揭示了两代人的问题和调整策略。第三，对一种新的留学方式——双学位项目的有效性进行了检验。本研究成果有望在今后的留学生研究中得到广泛应用。少

It has been about thirty years since China started the open-door policy, when the number of students coming to study in Japan started to increase. Along with the Japanese Government's policy of accepting 100,000 foreign students, students from China have become the largest group of the foreign students' body. On the other hand, Japanese students have become the second largest group among foreign students in China, as Japan and China have developed closer cooperative ties. This study aimed at painting a precise picture of intercultural adjustment of both Chinese students in Japan and Japanese students in China in the time when environment around them have changed drastically.There were three major characteristics in this study.First, it employed an interactive research method. Students' experiences in both Japan and China were examined from a comparative perspective, thus more objective evaluation became possible. Second, longitudinal research of three years made us possible to grasp th … More e day-by-day variation of the process of intercultural adjustment. Third, participatory approach enhanced the effectiveness of this research. All members of the research team were involved in education and counseling for foreign students. Furthermore, students who became the target of the research also actively participated in the research by recommending improvements for policies on foreign students and intercultural programs. The credibility of the survey result was strengthened, while trustful relations had been built between those who researched and those who were researched.There are three points in the major accomplishment of the research. First, it could accumulate huge quantities of questionnaire result, students' diaries, interview notes, and minutes of workshops. Second, it made a comparison of the first generation and the second generation of students from China and Japan, thereby revealed problems and adjustment strategies of respective generations. Third, the effectiveness of a new approach for studying abroad, double-degree program, was tested. The accomplishment of this research is expected to be widely utilized in research on foreign students in the future. Less