在日华人女性的文化适应与国际经济活动

Abstract:By focusing on cross-border shopping services and gender social consciousness among overseas chinese in Japan，this study investigates whether and how Daigou—overseas shopping services—has helped newly arrived Chinese housewives overcome social isolation as well as achieve different social identities and better economic status in Japan. Employing in-depth interviews with 32 newly arrived Chinese housewives in Tokyo，this study explores the experiences of disjuncture from previous lives of Chinese women who entered Japan with dependent visa status. Those Chinese women who have entered Japan as dependents have difficulties participating in the Japanese labor market，such as lacking Japanese language ability and social connections. Such barriers have resulted in their living in relative isolation. However，by using the website or free messaging app such as WeChat as a platform to display Japanese products and sell them to customers in China，newly arrived Chinese housewives have opened their businesses in the international market. Therefore，many Chinese dependents can earn money in the Chinese market instead of washing dishes and cleaning restrooms in Japan. It can then greatly improve their socio-economic status，hence improving their satisfaction with their life as foreign residents in Japan.

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