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Intercultural relationships and marriages in Japan: The well-being of foreign wives married to Japanese men
Malmö University, Faculty of Culture and Society (KS), Department of Global Political Studies (GPS). Malmö University, Malmö Institute for Migration Studies (MIM).ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0137-5528
Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Political Science, Keio University, Japan.
2025 (English)In: The Routledge International Handbook of Interracial and Intercultural Relationships and Mental Health / [ed] Shivon Raghunandan; Roy Moodley; Kelley Kenney, Routledge, 2025, p. 257-267Chapter in book (Refereed)
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This chapter provides a general overview of intercultural (international) relationships and marriages in Japan and reviews existing research available on mental health and well-being of the foreign wives married to Japanese men. We also include our own analysis of the “Survey of Foreign Nationals on Life and Work” conducted in 2018. Previous studies have emphasized the difficulties and problems of marital relations; however, our data show that marriage to a Japanese person, if anything, promotes, or at least does not worsen, the social inclusion of immigrants and their subjective well-being and mental health. There is still limited research on mental health of internationally married couples in Japan, and there is a need for further research that holistically examines individual characteristics and their impact on the sense of belonging, mental health, and well-being.

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Routledge, 2025. p. 257-267
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Routledge International Handbooks, ISSN 2767-4886
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URN: urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-78839DOI: 10.4324/9781003385547-24Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105008749117ISBN: 9781032473154 (print)ISBN: 9781040359037 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:mau-78839DiVA, id: diva2:1988239
Available from: 2025-08-11 Created: 2025-08-11 Last updated: 2025-08-12Bibliographically approved

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