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Prying open the door : foreign workers in Japan
- Title
- Prying open the door : foreign workers in Japan / Takashi Oka.
- Author
- Oka, Takashi, 1924-
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace : Distributed by the Brookings Institution, ©1994.
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Details
- Description
- xii, 83 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Immigration is a sensitive issue in most societies today and Japan is no exception. In this penetrating study, Takashi Oka brings to light the current trend toward a more heterogeneous Japanese labor force. The report questions the traditional notion that Japan is a closed society, as it is perceived both at home and abroad. It focuses on Japanese policy toward foreign workers and new social dynamics brought about by economic prosperity and demographic shifts. Oka explores the motivation that drives economic immigrants - from Latin America, the Middle East, and all parts of Asia - to Japan. His anecdotes demonstrate the unique problems that each ethnic group has faced and the public debate that increasing social diversity demands. The author closes the discussion with near- and long-term recommendations that include consideration of illegal-alien amnesty laws, health care coverages, and the adoption of comprehensive domestic and regional immigration strategies.
- Series Statement
- Contemporary issues paper ; #2
- Uniform Title
- Contemporary issues paper ; #2.
- Subject
- Foreign workers > Japan
- 83.61 labour economics
- Foreign workers
- Ausländischer Arbeitnehmer
- Buitenlandse arbeiders
- migrant workers
- irregular migrant
- immigration
- migration policy
- nationality
- ethnic group
- legal aspect
- social integration
- statistical table
- Foreign workers > Japan
- Travailleurs étrangers > Japon
- Émigration et immigration > Politique publique > Japon
- Immigrés > Japon > Conditions sociales
- travailleur migrant
- migrant irrégulier
- politique migratoire
- nationalité
- groupe ethnique
- aspect juridique
- intégration sociale
- tableau statistique
- trabajador migrante
- migrante irregular
- inmigración
- política migratoria
- nacionalidad
- grupo étnico
- aspecto jurídico
- integración social
- cuadros estadísticos
- Japan
- Japan
- Japon
- Japón
- Genre/Form
- bibliography.
- illustration.
- bibliographie.
- bibliografía.
- ilustración.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Foreword / Demetrios Papademetriou -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. The Historical Framework: Modernization and Change -- Ch. 3. Koreans in Japan: The Oldest Foreign Community -- Ch. 4. The Chinese: Future Threat? -- Ch. 5. Who Hires Foreign Workers, and Why? -- Ch. 6. South and West Asian Workers: Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and Iranians -- Ch. 7. Reverse Immigration: Ethnic Japanese from Latin America -- Ch. 8. Human Rights Issues -- Ch. 9. Policy: The Evolution and Debate -- Ch. 10. Recommendations.
- ISBN
- 0870030531
- 9780870030536
- LCCN
- 94020944
- OCLC
- ocm30624786
- 30624786
- SCSB-2036185
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library