Podcasts Culture Hello From Nihon 5: Raising Japanese Mixed Race Children In Japan

5: Raising Japanese Mixed Race Children In Japan

Published: April 30, 2019, 4 p.m.

Having mixed race children as a parent brings up concerns about the problems your mixed race child will face. Here in Japan where most people are of one race we know that are mixed raced children will have some difficulties. You're going to have Japanese people assuming our children are from other countries and treating them like foreigners. Just recently, I read an article of a mixed race child committing suicide because she was bullied at school. How will we prepare our mixed raced kids to deal with these issues in the future? We cover that and more in our 5th episode of Hello From Nihon.