Diversity Management in Multicultural Synergistic Society : Diversity values in a new era

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多文化共創

When we look into the tendency of the resident aliens in past 20 years in Japan, we will notice the features of its rapid growth, and the diversification of nationalities. Since the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act had been revised in 1990, long-term residents with various nationalities have been increased. Now, the term of "multicultural symbiosis" has become prevalent in Japan. However, the more multicultural the Japanese society has become, the more difficult multicultural symbiosis can be achieved. There are many local governments having problems in working on multicultural symbiosis with the foreign residents, such as housing, education, and medical care problems in particular. To promote the activities of multicultural symbiosis, the local governments, both Japanese and foreign residents need to work together. This paper explored the process of multicultural symbiosis in Japan from a viewpoint of the diversity management paradigm. The study also revealed the problems in the Japanese multicultural society. In addition, based on the successful case of the multicultural symbiosis activity in Iwata-city, the analysis aimed at to elucidate the necessity of the multicultural synergy.