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RESEARCH

Research Interest

　In addition to those who are called "zainichi koreans", people of various nationalities and ethnicities have been living in Japan, especially since the 1990s. Using macro analysis through statistics and micro analysis through observation and interviews, I aim to understand various problems that children with immigration background face with in the process of receiving education and finding employment in Japan. While learning about systems and practices related to the education of immigrant and refugee children, I’m analyzing the role of schools, families, and communities in a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society, how we can both promote diversity and equality/equity, and how the majority’s privilege (Japanese-ness) is constructed.  

Discipline: Sociology and Sociology of Education.

Keywords

Immigrant and Social Integration, Education, Nationalism, Ethnicity,

Whiteness, Japaneseness, Japanese Studies

Specialized Field

Sociology, Sociology of Education

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Affiliated Academic Society

The Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism

Japanese Sociological Society

Kanto Sociological Society

Japan Society of Educational Sociology

Intercultural Education Society

Japan Comparative Education Society

Japan Association for Special Activities

Japanese Education Society

Committee Member

  • 2020~                  Intercultural Education Society Bulletin Editorial Committee

  • 2019 〜 2021    Japan Education Society Research Promotion Committee

  • 2018 〜 2019      Japan Society of Educational Sociology Department of Education

  • 2015 ～ 2017     Standing Committee Member, Bulletin Editorial Committee of                                   the Japan Society for Intercultural Education

Journal Articles in English

  • Takahashi, F. (2020) Japaneseness in Immigrant Education: Toward Culturally Responsive Teaching in Japan, Educational Studies in Japan, 14, 15-27.

Book Chapters

  • Takahashi, F., & Iwabuchi, K., (2022). A Japanese University. In Byram, M & Stoicheva, M., eds., The Experience of Examining the PhD An International Comparative Study of Processes and Standards of Doctoral Examination. Routledge.

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  • Kusanagi, NK, Takahashi, F., Tan. C., & Tsuneyoshi, R., (2019). Implications of Comparing School Cleaning Across Educational Contexts: Interpretation and Practice in Japan, Taiwan and Singapore. In R. Tsuneyoshi, H. Sugita, KN Kusanagi & F. Takahashi. eds., Tokkatsu: The Japanese Educational Model of the Holistic Education. World Scientific.
     

  • Takahashi, F., & Tsuneyoshi, R. (2019). Classroom Activities on Cleaning and Lunch: Tokkatsu Series DVD, T In R. Tsuneyoshi, H. Sugita, KN Kusanagi & F. Takahashi. eds., Tokkatsu: The Japanese Educational Model of the Holistic Education. World Scientific.
     

  • Tomoko Tokunaga, Misako Nukaga and Fumiko Takahashi. (2018). “Growing Up in Multicultural Japan: Diversifying Educational Experiences of Immigrant Students”, In A. Yonezawa, Y. Kitamura, B. Yamamoto and T.Tokunaga eds.,Education in Japan in a Global Age: Sociological Reflections and Future Directions. Springer.155-174.
     

  • Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Fumiko Takahashi, Hideki Ito, Lee Seulbi, Maiko Sumino, Tate Kihara, Satsuki Kubodera, and Hikaru Ishiwata. (2017). Ryoko Tsuneyoshi ed., Globalization and Japanese "Exceptionalism" in Education: Insider's Views into a Changing System, Routledge.190-212.

Book

Presentation

  • Fumiko Takahashi. International Migration and Human Security - Education for Migrant Children and Youth. Panel Session "Towards more 'human' global society", 2024 ACUNS ANNUAL MEETING "Global Governance and Sustainable Development: Revitalizing Research to Support Multilateral Solutions". 22 June, 2024. The University of Tokyo.
     

  • Nukaga, M., Fukawa, F., Takahashi, F., Miura, A., Tokunaga, T., and Kim, Y., Symposium: Diversity and Educational Equity in Japanese Schools:Developing a Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for Immigrant Students, 2023 WERA (World Education Research Association) Focal Meeting, Singapore, National Institute of Education, 22 November 2023.
     

  • Takehiko Kariya, Fumiko Takahashi and Yujin Woo. "A (The?) Japanese Version of ‘Diversity’ & ‘Inclusion’" , "Symposium: Designing a Japanese University for the Globalizing Century", International Research Center for Japanese Studies., Aug,22,2023
     

  • Nukaga,M., Takahashi,F., Tokunaga, T., Miura, A., Fukawa, A and Kim, Y.
    "How do Japanese public high schools respond to immigrant students? Challenges of diversity and educational equity in Tokyo", Nissan Seminar, University of Oxford, May 12, 2023.

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  • Fumiko Takahashi, “How Can We Support Teachers in Multicultural Situations to Promote Immigrant Students' Educational Achievement: Survey on Teachers and Students at a Part-time High School in Tokyo”. Stanford /UTokyo Partnership Program on International/ Cross-Cultural Education and Global Citizenship Vol.2. (online) May 17, 2022
     

  • Fumiko Takahashi, "Job-Hunting Among 2nd Generation Immigrants in Japan", TCJS Early-Career Scholar Forum, The University of Tokyo. February 26, 2021
     

  • Yuki Nagae & Fumiko Takahashi. “Acculturation of immigrant and refugee families in Japan from the perspective of their parental beliefs” World Education Research Association 2019 Focal Meeting. August 7, 2019
     

  • Fumiko Takahashi.  "Immigrant Education in Japan: Current Problems, Initiatives, and Academic Implications". Joint Seminar of Stockholm University, University of Jyväskylä and The University of Tokyo on "Towards the Realization of Sustainable Feature " Stockholm University, Sweden, February 21, 2019
     

  • Fumiko Takahashi. “Diversity and Equality in Education: Educational Equality for Immigrant Children in Japan”, The 77th Annual Conference of the Japan Association for Educational Research II Education and Politics in a Global Age. September 1, 2018
     

  • Fumiko Takahashi. "Teachers' Role as Socializee in Multicultural Society: Case study of Tokyo, Japan" Joint Seminar of Stockholm University, University of Jyväskylä and The University of Tokyo on "Education for Diversity" Stockholm University, Sweden, February 21, 2018 Day

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  • Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Fumiko Takahashi, Kanako Kusanagi. "Possibilities and Challenges of the Japanese Model as a Model for Internationalization" Symposium "Japanese-Style" Educational Models Overseas: Beginning of Introduction to Egypt and Suggestions from Finland and Singapore" Sponsored by: Center for Advancement of School Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo "International Comparative Study on International Modeling of Japanese-style Education for the 21st Century: Building a Multidimensional Model" (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research A15H01987, Representative: Ryoko Tsuneyoshi) 2016 December 10th
     

  • Fumiko Takahashi. "Integration and Segregation - Teachers' Attitudes Toward Ethnic Culture and Identity of Immigrant Children in Japan –", XVIII World Congress of Sociology, July 18, 2014  _cc781905-5cde-3194- bb3b-136bad5cf58d_

​Research Reports and working Papers

  • Ryoko Tsuneyoshi, Kanako Kusanagi and Fumiko Takahashi. (2016). “Cleaning as Part of TOKKATSU” Working Paper Series in the 21st Century International Educational Models Project, No.6., Center for Advancement of School Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo Research Bulletin Vol.2, pp.138-149.

​DVD

  • Center for Advanced School Education and Evidence-based Research, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo. (2019). Japanese Whole Child Education: Writing for Life, Tokkatsu Series 3. Supported by the JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Kiban A. No. 15H01987 (Head: Ryoko Tsuneyoshi).
     

  • Center for Advanced School Education and Evidence-based Research, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo. (2017). Myoko Friend School: Linking Tokkatsu with Social Education, Tokkatsu Series 2, Supported by the JSPS Grants-in- Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI), Kiban A, No.15H01987 (The 21st Century International Educational Models Project (Head: Ryoko Tsuneyoshi)), and the National School Event Research Association for Elementary School (Zenkokou Shogakko Gakko Gyoji Kenkyukai).
     

  • Center for Excellence in School Education, Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo. (2015). Japanese Whole Child Education: Learning from Cleaning and Lunch, Tokkatsu Series 1, Supported by the JSPS Grants-in- Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI ), Kiban A, No.15H01987 (The 21st Century International Educational Models Project (Head: Ryoko Tsuneyoshi)).

Awards

  • July 2022       Encouragement Award, Institute for Advancement of Liberal Arts,
                         Faculty of Liberal Arts, The University of Tokyo

  • March 2021    The University of Tokyo President's Award for Good Practice in Online Classes 

  • 2018 2018      Young Researcher International Development Project The University of Tokyo 

  • 2007              Swire/Cathay Pacific Scholarship Scholarship The Swire Charitable Trust 

Misc.

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Ongoing Projects

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Past Projects

 

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