Contents

Introduction:
Understanding the Dynamism of Transboundary Living and the Perspective of Microhistory
Liulan WANG-KANDA and Takako YAMADA

Part 1　Multilayered Sense of “Home” and Belongingness

Chapter 1
The “Return” Migrations of Việt Kiều in Japan: Their Lives in Japan and Vietnam in the 2010s
Erina SETO-SUH

Chapter 2
Finding Home: Juba, the Capital City of South Sudan, and Returnees from Khartoum
Yuko TOBINAI

Chapter 3
Topological Sense of Belongingness and Strategic Living among Tibetans in Exile
Takako YAMADA

Part 2 The Contested Landscape: Social Linkages and Differences between Hosts and Newcomers

Chapter 4
Conflict-induced Migration Making Connections and Differences in Local Communities: Microhistory of Migrants and Refugees in and around a Ugandan Refugee Settlement
Isao MURAHASHI

Chapter 5
Visibility and Invisibility of the Border: Microhistory of Localization of Indonesian Workers in Malaysia
Yumi KATO

Chapter 6
Rethinking Conflict Memories through Microhistory: Historical Narratives of the Experiences and Localities in the Multi-ethnic Hybrid Mekong Delta of Southern Vietnam
Hisashi SHIMOJO

Part 3 Narratives on Individuals’ Lives and Struggles for Co-existence

Chapter 7
Microhistory of the Monuments for the Inhabitants of Karafuto Built in Sakhalin after the Soviet-Japanese War
Taisho NAKAYAMA

Chapter 8
A Family Crossing the Sea: Migration History of Zamami Island, Okinawa
Toko FUJIMOTO

Chapter 9
Narrative of Cross-border Experiences along the Thailand/Burma Border and the Self: The Case of the Yunnanese Panglong Muslims
Liulan WANG-KANDA