The present study aimed to clarify the inheritance of culture and language in intercultural children with Japanese ancestry (one of their parents being Japanese, another being non-Japanese) and to examine the differences between those living in Asia (excluding Japan) and those living in Europe. The participants were 177 Japanese parents (43 in Asia, 134 in Europe) who have first-born children attending part-time Japanese schools. The parents completed a questionnaire and the results showed that: 1) the dominant culture and language of the children were the culture and language of the country in which they were living, and that tendency was more obvious in the children living in Europe; 2) the children living in Asia were more interested in Japan than in the country in which they were living, while those living in Europe were more interested in the country in which they were living; 3) most children in both regions found it "not special" or positive that one of their parents was Japanese; 4) the parents in both regions paid attention to the acquisition of Japanese culture and language in their children; 5) more than 60% of parents in both regions expected their children to acquire the Japanese ways of thinking and feeling as much as those of the country in which they were living; and 6) 60% of parents in Asia and about 50% of parents in Europe thought that the influence of the mothers on their children was stronger than that of the fathers
