Aoyama, Erina2010-03-232010-03-232010-03-23http://hdl.handle.net/1773/15585Winner, 2009 Library Research Award for Undergraduates, Senior/Honors Thesis DivisionJapan is a country undergoing a crisis of aging. This study examines how biracial celebrities are perceived in Japan in an attempt to discover whether that country will accept immigration as a way to solve its population crisis.en-USRacially mixed people--JapanPopular culture--JapanAge distribution (demography)--JapanMarginalization and veneration: the contradictions in perceptions of Japanese biracial celebritiesOther