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9780415931922

Opening the Doors: Immigration, Ethnicity, and Globalization in Japan

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415931922

  • ISBN10:

    0415931924

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2001-11-30
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Using qualitative research methods and evidence gathered from interviews, this work explores and highlights contradictions between Japanese immigration and immigrant policies as they relate to ethnic Japanese "returnees."

Table of Contents

List of Tables
ix
List of Figures
xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Preface xv
Introduction
1(14)
Nikkeijin in Japan: An immigration experiment
2(2)
Laying the Groundwork
4(3)
Research Design and Research Methods
7(5)
Overview of the Study
12(3)
Theories of Labor Migration and Immigrant Integration
15(16)
Historical Trends in Labor Migration
15(3)
Theories of Labor Migration
18(7)
Immigrant Integration
25(6)
Japanese Immigration Policy and Perspectives
31(14)
Japan's Labor Shortage
33(4)
Sakoku vs. Kaikoku
37(3)
1990 Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act
40(5)
Japanese Emigration to Brazil
45(8)
Japanese Emigration to Brazil
46(3)
Nikkeijin in Brazil
49(2)
Return Migration to Japan after 1990
51(2)
Nikkeijin in Japan
53(34)
Nikkeijin ``Returnees'': Who are they?
54(1)
Nikkeijin in Japan
55(2)
Nikkeijin in Aichi Prefecture
57(1)
Nikkeijin and Labor Market
58(7)
Nikkeijin and Housing
65(9)
Nikkeijin and Education
74(13)
Ethnic Germans in Germany: A Similar Case
87(14)
Historical Background
88(3)
German Policy
91(10)
Prospects and Implications
101(14)
Ethnicity, Language, and Culture
102(2)
Immigrant and Immigration Policy
104(3)
Multiculturalism in Japan?
107(2)
Policy Recommendations
109(2)
Future Research on Nikkeijin in Japan
111(1)
Conclusion
112(3)
Bibliography 115(10)
Index 125

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