Project
Beyond the Buraku: The Negotiation of Burakumin Identity in Contemporary Japan
Division of Research Programs
![Shinjuku Park Tower, NTT East, and Tokyo Opera City, view from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No.1](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2018-06/japan-217878_960_720.jpg?itok=lcnSF84F)
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Shinjuku Park Tower, NTT East, and Tokyo Opera City, view from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No.1.
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![Shinjuku Park Tower, NTT East, and Tokyo Opera City, view from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No.1](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2018-06/japan-217878_960_720.jpg?itok=lcnSF84F)
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Shinjuku Park Tower, NTT East, and Tokyo Opera City, view from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building No.1.
Courtesy of Pixabay
The burakumin present a paradox about Japanese identity: even though they are Japan’s largest minority population with almost 3 million members, they remain almost invisible from Japanese society. Scholar Christopher Bondy explores this hidden minority in Voice, Silence, and Self: Negotiations of Buraku Identity in Contemporary Japan.