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This chapter will examine Japanese families living in North American, specifically in the United States. This chapter will focus on a discussion of the movement of Japanese families to North America in the later part of the twentieth century due to the globalization of the Japanese economy. After providing a brief history of Japan and discussing trends in marriage and family within Japanese society, this chapter will discuss the impacts that Japanese families’ migration to the United States has had on cross-cultural socialization, interracial marriages and children, education, and career choices. The impacts of socialization into multiple ethnic and national groups on identity formation will also be explored. This chapter will conclude with suggestions for further research and implications for educators, counselors, and social workers.
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Kabuto, B. (2021). Japanese Families in the United States. In: Chuang, S.S., Moodley, R., Gielen, U.P., Akram-Pall, S. (eds) Asian Families in Canada and the United States. Advances in Immigrant Family Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56452-0_6
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