[Articles]

An Association of Half-Japanese and Half-Palauans in Micronesia: The Palau Cherry Blossom Association (Palau Sakura Kai) ......................................Iitaka, Shingo (1)

The Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival and Okinawan Network (4): Features of Participants from Middle and South America ......................................Noiri, Naomi (27)

The Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival and Okinawan Network (5): Seeking for the global cultural bonds

................................................Kinjyo, Hiroyuki (41)

The Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival and Okinawan Network (6): Geographical Experiences of Uchinanchu's Migrations between the Birthplace and the Place of Residence .................................Kuwatsuka, Kentaro (51)

Contesting the “Invention of Tradition” Discourse in the Pacific Context: −Significance of “Culture” in the Kin Bay Struggle in Okinawa and the Kaho‘olawe Movement in Hawai‘i−..............................Uehara, Kozue (67)

[Research Note]

Nan'yo immigrant image −Life history of Okinawa second-generation in Saipan− ............... Matayoshi, Shoichiro (87)

[Data]

An Okinawan in Phillippines: Result of Survey by Ministry of Health and Welfare ..................Miyauchi, Hisamitsu (113)

[Activity Information]

Conference Record of the Bolivian Ambassador to Japan .................................... (123)

The Centenial Symposium on Okinawan Emigration to Brazil and Argentina ...................... (129)

[Articles]

The ‘Okinawan problem' in Hawai'i after the WW II: U.S. occupation policy of Okinawa and Okinawan immigrants ........................................Nobukatsu OKANO (1)

Present situation and trend of Indian diaspora analyzing from Indian government statistics of 1980 and 2001 ......................................Takeshi MINAMINO (31)

On historical background of the Okinawan immigrants in Cuba on the occasion of the centennial anniversary in 2007 ...................................Tomonori ISHIKAWA (51)

[Research Note]

The addendum list of “Nanyogunto”　...... Masanori NAKAHODO (73)

“Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival” and Okinawans’ global network (1)： An impact on Okinawan Society.............................................. Hiroyuki KINJYOU (83)

“Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival” and Okinawans’ global network (2)：Identity, uniqueness of Hawaii and gender of Uchina networking................................................ Naomi NOIRI (97)

“Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival” and Okinawans’ global network (3): Technical note for survey method and compile database..................................... Kentaro KUWATSUKA (117)

[Activity Information]

PROJECT UKWANSHIN 2007 :“Hawai'i and Okinawa, past and present, interconnection cultural project”................Eric WADA・Norman KANESHIRO・Yukari AKAMINE・Kozue UEHARA (133)

Symposium: Okinawan immigrants in Nanyo before the Second World War (143)

[Articles]

The pull factors of the self-active movement of Yaeyama women to Colonial Taiwan in the around 1930: The colonial modernity and the expansion of occupational fields for women in Taiwan  ............................. Sachiko KANETO　(1)

Re-invention／imagination of the Ethnic Community and Culture: A Case Study on the Crisis of Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i . .................................................. Satoshi MORI  (27)

Pre-war Japanese Fisheries in Micronesia Focusing on Bonito and Tuna Fishing in the Northern Mariana Islands .............................................Wakako HIGUCHI　(48)

[Research Note]

The Japanese in New Caledonea：History and situation of Okinawan immigrants ................................... Tomonori ISHIKAWA  (69)

TEACHING AND LEARNING ACROSS AN ETHNIC DIVIDE: PERUVIAN PARENTS AND A JAPANESE SCHOOL .... Robert MOOREHEAD   (89)

[Activity Information]

Class on Japanese migrants: a practice at the University of the Ryukyus .................................................. Taro OISHI  (105)

The 4th Worldwide Uchinanchu Festival
“Okinawan Studies” in Global Contexts -Collaborations between the University of the Ryukyus and the University of Hawai‘i- ....................................... Munehiro MACHIDA  (114)

[Articles]

Rethinking Okinawan Diasporas in 'Davaokuo' with Special Reference to Their Relations with Mainland Japanese and Filipino Residents of Davao, the Philippines ....... Shun OHNO (1)

TO OKINAWA AND BACK AGAIN:Life Stories of Okinawan Kibei Nisei in Hawai'i ....... Kinuko MAEHARA (23)

Okinawan Language and Culture Course: Its Contents and Curriculum Implementation at the University of Hawai'i ....... Kyoko HIJIRIDA (43)

Ryuka(Ryukyuan poems) Presented by Immigrants in Peru for the Hawaii Pacific Press ....... Masanori NAKAHODO (51)

[Migration Research Information and Review]

Notes on Biography for the 100th Years Anniversary of the Okinawan Immigrants in Peru (to be published) ....... Tomonori Ishikawa (69)

Some accounts for the Inventory of the Hawaii Pacific Press at Immigration research Center of the University of the Ryukyus ....... Munehiro MACHIDA (79)

[Activity Information]

Okinawan Society and Nikkeis/Foreigners/Amerasians In Search of New Encounters and Ties ....... Yoshimi ANDO, Noriyuki SUZUKI and Naomi NOIRI (81)

Identities of "Zainichi-Uchinanchu" (Okinawans in Mainland Japan)....... Chika SHIROTA, Munekazu KANESHIRO, Keiko NAKAMA, Ken SHINZATO and Munehiro MACHIDA (91)

["Community Network" Series]

Uchinanchu Culub Akisamiyo! ....... Rinda YAMASHIRO(125)

On the Occasion of the First Issue ....... Moshin MORITA

Background and Course of the Institution of the Immigration Research Center of the University of the Ryukyus ....... Tomonori ISHIKAWA (2)

[Articles] Feature Articles on Okinawa Community and Diaspora

Preface ....... Yoshimi ANDO (7)

History Emigration from Okinawa Prefecture and Some Accounts on Emigration Motives ....... Tomonori ISHIKAWA (11)

Present Conditions of Diaspora in Okinawa with Special Reference to Host Society ....... Noriyuki SUZUKI (31)

Conflict and Penetration Involved in Diversity within Okinawa Communities Based on Diaspora Survey in Okinawa Prefecture ....... Kayo SAKIHAMA (47)

International Migration and Ethnic Network in Okinawa ....... Naomi NOIRI (63)

Acculturation Among Japanese Peruvians in Okinawa ....... Saori KUNIYOSHI (77)

Diaspora and the Social Memory: "Emigration" for Modern Okinawan Society ....... Hiroyuki KINJO (85)