STUDY ON ADAPTATION PROCESS TO THE HOME ENVIRONMENT: PART 1 THE HOME ENVIRONMENT OF PERUVIAN IMMIGRANTS OF JAPANESE DESCENT IN JAPAN

摘要

This is Part 1 of our basic study of "the Home-Environment of Peruvian Immigrants of Japanese Descent in Japan." The study objective is determination of the trends and characteristics of Peruvian immigrants' adaptation to their new home environment in Japan. It investigates how these recent immigrants have organized their own lives to build for themselves a new place to call home. This paper specifically aggregates and analyzes personal changes that occur when an immigrant moves to a new environment. Since amendment of the Japanese Immigration Act in 1991, more than 50,000 Peruvians of Japanese Descent (Nikkeijin) have relocated to Japan. Now that more than 15 years have passed, we can evaluate the degree to which and the manner in which these immigrants have adjusted to conditions in Japan, and which courses this process can take. Based on a questionnaire survey and a survey of private living spaces, we have established correlations between immigrants' adaptation to Japanese society and their relation to their respective home environments. We found correlations between immigrants' attitudes and their residential and living environments.