"Steve Bartlett" <info@etrsworld.com> wrote in message
news:7a685be3.0405311506.45039c4f@posting.google.com...
> I am looking for an expert opinion, book, or a thesis on the
> difficulty of non-native, or 'halfu' (half Japanese) children adapting
> to life in Japan, after having been away for many years, and having no
> working knowledge of the Japanese culture, language or school system.
>
> thanking you in advance for any help,
>
> Steve Bartlett
> Toronto, Canada

They don't exactly meet your criteria but popping over to Amazon.com
revealed the following titles in a matter of seconds (I own the first
title - bit long-winded but from a anthropological perspective very good):

http://tinyurl.com/3h6wp

http://tinyurl.com/2tmvv

Do a search for Japan & education.

Moreover, if you're serious about this you should contact some of the public
university libraries in Japan - I can't imagine they will be anything but
helpful - and yes they will be able to understand an English e-mail.
http://www.lib.u-tokyo.ac.jp/index-e.html

BTW using the expression 'haafu' around these parts i.e. this newsgroup,
probably goes down about as well as a fart in a spacesuit.

--
jonathan