Kikokushijo

Kikokushijo (帰国子女, lit. "returnee children") and kaigaishijo (海外子女, lit. "overseas children") are Japanese-language terms referring to the children of Japanese expatriates who take part of their education outside Japan. The former term is used to refer to children who have returned to Japan, while the latter refers to such children while they are still overseas. They are referred to in English variously as "sojourn children" or "returnees".[1][2] The term "third culture kids" is used by other countries.[3]

  1. ^ Fry 2007: 131
  2. ^ Kanno 2000: 1
  3. ^ Kano-Podolsky 2004: 76. The term kikokushijo is more well-known both in Japan and in the English literature about them. Awareness in the United States of third-culture kids and the issues they face is much lower than similar awareness of kikokushijo in Japan.