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Japanese Australians Japanese Australians • Japanese people first migrated to Australia in the late 1800s. Most migrants Population of Japan-born people in were men who came to Australia to work Australia (2006 Census): 30,7761 in the pearling industry in Broome and Thursday Island, and in the sugar Population of Japan-born people in industry in Queensland2. The 1911 Census Queensland: 8592 recorded 3281 Japanese males and 208 Population of Japan-born people in 2 females in Australia . Brisbane: 3297 • By the end of the World War II, only 74 Population of Japan-born people in Gold Japan-born people and their children were Coast: 3125 allowed to stay in Australia2. However, within five years about 500 Japanese war Population of Japan-born people in brides had entered Australia4. Cairns: 1252 i Gender ratio (Queensland): 51.3 males • The end of the White Australia Policy in per 100 females1 1973 saw more Japan-born people arrive in Australia to study and for Median age (Australia): The median age business4. The 2001 Census showed of Japan-born people in Australia in 2006 there were 25,480 Japan-born people was 33.9 years compared with 46.8 years living in Australia2. By 2006, the for all overseas born and 37.1 for the population had increased by more than total Australian population2. 20 per cent to 30,7802. • Ethnicity: Japanese comprise 98.5 per cent of the population of Japan and are Age distribution (Queensland)1: the only main ethnic group. Koreans and Chinese combined account for less Age Per cent 5 than one per cent of the population . 0-19 16.4% • Language: Japanese is the official 20-39 52.3% language and is spoken by the majority 40-59 23.9% of the population5. 60+ 7.4% • Religion: − The main religions of Japan are Shintoism and Buddhism, and many Arrivals- past five years (Source- Japanese people belong to both Settlement Reporting Database3) religions. About two per cent of the population are Christian and eight Year Australia Queensland 5 per cent follow other religions . 2006 2,146 681 − Shintoism is an ancient indigenous 2007 2,011 643 religion of Japan existing before the 2008 1,940 631 introduction of Buddhism6. It lacks formal dogma and is characterised 2009 1,549 508 by a veneration of nature spirits and 2010 693 181 ancestors6. In Shintoism, the wind, sun, moon, water, mountains and trees are all spirits (Kami)6. Community Profiles for Health Care Providers www.health.qld.gov.au/multicultural − Confucianism as a code of ethics • It is usual to address Japanese people has an influence on the lives of by their family names6. Given names many Japanese people. High are used only for children or between importance is placed on family close friends6. Sensei or san may be values and social order7. added to the end of a name to indicate rank or position. San is the equivalent Ancestry, language and religion in Australia 6 of the title Mr or Mrs . Sensei is (2006 Census for Japan-born people) 9 generally used for teachers or doctors . • The top three ancestry responsesii of • An older Japanese person may not Japan-born people in Australia were: volunteer information, so respectful Japanese (84.0 per cent), Australian (4.4 2 inquiry may be helpful to elicit per cent) and English (2.7 per cent) . 7 pertinent clinical information . • More than three in four (79.2 per cent) • It is advisable to avoid direct eye Japan-born people reported that Japanese contact with a Japanese patient when was the main language they spoke at discussing their illness, including home, with 17.4 per cent speaking English 10 diagnosis and prognosis . Japanese as the main language at home2. people focus on the other person’s 9 • Almost half of all Japan-born people in forehead when they are talking . Australia (49.2 per cent) reported they had no religious affiliation2, with 28.1 Health in Australia per cent reporting they were Buddhists • Average life expectancy in Japan is 82.2 and four per cent Catholic. An years (male 78.9, female 85.7) additional 11.6 per cent indicated they compared to 81.7 years for all people in followed another religion and 7.2 per Australia (male 79.3, female 84.3)5. cent did not state their religion2. • Although there is a scarcity of studies Communication of the health of Japan-born people in Australia, United States studies have Japanese people bow as a greeting, • shown that Japanese American men and to show respect and gratitude6. have lower rates of many chronic The depth of the bow depends on the diseases including cardiovascular occasion and social status of the 6 disease and stroke compared with individuals involved . 7 other American men . • The Japanese smile can be difficult to • Type II diabetes is a disease shown to interpret as it can be used to convey have higher prevalence among happiness, anger, confusion, Japanese Americans. Prevalence rates embarrassment, sadness or of 20 per cent (twice the rate in disappointment6. comparable populations) have been • Japanese people nod their heads to reported among Japanese American 7 show either agreement or concentration men aged 45-74 . during a conversation6. Health beliefs and practices • Japanese people make considerable effort to maintain harmony and may do • Japanese Australians may combine so by expressing agreement, regardless traditional therapies with Australian of level of comprehension or genuine medicine. It is advisable to ask patients agreement, or simply by following if they are using any other therapies for 7 instructions or recommendations8. their medical conditions . • A negative response is signalled by • Common traditional health practices holding a hand in front of the face and include Kampo, Moxibustion, Shiatsu 7 waving it backwards and forwards6. and Acupuncture : Community Profiles for Health Care Providers − Kampo uses herbal medicines − In Shintoism, there is an emphasis which originated in China around on purity and cleanliness7. Terminal the 7th Century7. The herbs are illness, dying and death are usually in powdered or granular considered negative and impure7. form7. Therefore, frank and open discussions about death and dying − Moxibustion involves burning dried may be difficult7. mugwort on specialised points of the skin to stimulate life energy and − Many Japanese people embrace blood flow7. This can cause bruising Buddhism later in life. For on the skin7. Buddhists, death is a natural process where life continues in the − Cupping uses round glass cups form of rebirth7. Japanese which contain a lit taper and are Australians who are Buddhists may pressed into the skin to stimulate be more open to discussion about circulation. death and dying7. − Shiatsu is a form of massage • A number of Japanese Australians are therapy concentrating on pressure Christians and embrace a Christian points of the body to redirect or re- view of the meaning of death, dying establish energy flow and restore and end of life issues. balance7. • Many Japanese people believe that − Acupuncture involves inserting weakness of character is a cause for needles into specific points on the mental illness and may be reluctant body to eliminate toxins and relieve 7 to openly discuss disturbances of pain . mood as these are considered to be • Japanese Australian patients may find it indicative of personal weakness awkward if sensitive medical information rather than treatable medical 11,12 is given to them directly10. Japanese conditions . Australian patients may not want to hear the name of their illness directly from a Social determinants of health doctor and may prefer to be informed • Literacy ratesiii in Japan are high and indirectly before their appointment so equivalent to Australian rates at 99 per they can be prepared when speaking 10 cent overall (99 per cent for both men with the doctor . In Japan, medical and women based on a 2002 census in information is usually shared with the Japan)5. family. The doctor may tell close family members about the situation first10. • Most Japan-born people currently living in Australia have migrated by choice for • In many cases, Japanese Australian work or study2. patients may not want their doctor to know that they are mentally upset by • Proficiency in English (2006 Census)iv,1: hearing bad news about their illness. 72.9 per cent of Japan-born men Offering comfort to a Japanese patient − and 78.1 per cent of Japan-born who has broken down with grief could 10 women in Australia reported that be very embarrassing for the patient . they spoke English well or very well • In Shintoism, the state of health is 7 23.7 per cent of men and 19.8 per associated with purity . Japanese − cent of women reported that they Australian patients may want to wash did not speak English well their hands frequently and use wet 8 towels instead of washing . − 3.4 per cent of men and 2.2 per cent of women reported that they did not • In Japan, it is a common saying that speak English at all. Japanese people are born Shinto but die Buddhist7. Community Profiles for Health Care Providers • At the time of the 2006 Census, 65 per the same number of interviews as cent of Japan-born people in Australia people with Anglo-Saxon sounding aged 15 years and older had some form names and those with names of more of higher non-school qualificationsv established migrant groups such as compared to 52.5 per cent of the total Italian, even if they have the same Australian population2. work history and education13. • The participation rate in the workforce Utilisation of health services (2006 Census) was 56.8 per cent and unemployment rate was 6.2 per cent in Australia compared to the corresponding values • Barriers to health service access and of 64.6 per cent and 5.2 per cent in the 2 utilisation including mental health total Australian population .
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