Development of Support Projects by Japanese Religious Organizations for Indochinese Refugees A Case Study of Rissho Kosei-kai

シュウキョウ　ソシキ　ニ　ヨル　インドシナ　ナンミン　シエン　ジギョウ　ノ　テンカイ　リッショウ　コウセイカイ　ヲ　ジレイ　ニ

タカハシ, ノリヒト

Takahashi, Norihito

シュウキョウ ト シャカイ コウケン ケンキュウカイ

立正佼成会

インドシナ難民

ボート・ピープル

ニューカマー

religious organizations

Rissho Kosei-kai

Indochinese refugees

boat people

Newcomers

After the Vietnam War, a huge number of “boat people” and other refugees escaped from the Indochinese Peninsula. In Japan, which like other developed nations accepted many of these refugees, the main non-governmental organizations cooperating on projects to care for them were religious organizations. I examine the factors under which Rissho Kosei-kai, a well-known new religion in Japan, began participation in these projects and continued them for about 20 years. This article has academic importance for the field of studies on the religion of immigrants (“Newcomers”) in contemporary Japan and on the relation between immigrants and Japanese religious groups, which have not paid adequate attention to these refugee projects.