Memories of Okinawa: Life and Times in the Greater Osaka Diaspora

Rabson, Steve (January 2013). "Memories of Okinawa: Life and Times in the Greater Osaka Diaspora". Asia-Pacific Journal. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. 11 (S8): 145–173. doi:10.1017/S1557466013026168. ISSN 1557-4660.

Abstract: Islands of Discontent: Okinawan Responses to Japanese and American Power

             Rabson's chapter explores the experiences of Okinawans in mainland Japan, specifically the diaspora communities that developed in Osaka from the early 20
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             century to the present. These communities faced discrimination much like Irish, Jewish, and Italian immigrants in America. Rabson's likening of Okinawan experiences on the mainland to that of foreigners trying to assimilate in a new country is an apt analogy. For example, as in America, some Okinawans changed their names to de-emphasize their Okinawan ethnicity, and laborers found they earned a lower wage than did other Japanese, and at times were told not to apply for certain jobs. Worsening economic conditions in Okinawa in the first decades of the 20
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             century had caused the sudden migration of Okinawans to the mainland, while other Okinawans migrated to Taiwan and the islands of Micronesia during the colonial period.

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