Opening the doors: immigration, ethnicity, and globalization in Japan

EAST ASIA HISTORY, POLITICS, SOCIOLOGY, CULTURE......Page 2
Opening The Door: Immigration, Ethnicity, and Globalization in Japan......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 7
LIST OF TABLES......Page 9
LIST OF FIGURES......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 11
PREFACE......Page 12
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION......Page 15
NIKKEIJIN IN JAPAN: AN IMMIGRATION EXPERIMENT......Page 16
LAYING THE GROUNDWORK......Page 18
RESEARCH DESIGN AND RESEARCH METHODS......Page 21
NOTES......Page 26
HISTORICAL TRENDS IN LABOR MIGRATION......Page 28
Push-Pull Models......Page 31
Dual Labor Market Theories......Page 32
World Systems Theory......Page 34
Globalization Model......Page 35
Assimilation, Separation, and Cultural Pluralism......Page 38
Ethnicity, Language, and Culture......Page 40
NOTES......Page 41
CHAPTER 3 JAPANESE IMMIGRATION POLICY AND PERSPECTIVES......Page 43
JAPAN'S LABOR SHORTAGE......Page 45
SAKOKU VS. KAIKOKU......Page 49
1990 IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND REFUGEE RECOGNITION ACT......Page 52
NOTES......Page 55
CHAPTER 4 JAPANESE EMIGRATION TO BRAZIL......Page 57
Phase One: 1908-1923......Page 58
Phase 2: 1924-41......Page 59
Phase 3: 1952-1963......Page 60
NIKKEIJIN IN BRAZIL......Page 61
NOTES......Page 63
CHAPTER 5 NIKKEIJIN IN JAPAN......Page 65
NIKKEIJIN "RETURNEES": WHO ARE THEY?......Page 66
NIKKEIJIN IN JAPAN......Page 67
NIKKEIJIN IN AICHI PREFECTURE......Page 69
NIKKEIJIN AND THE LABOR MARKET......Page 70
Labor Market Segmentation......Page 71
Halten Gaisha......Page 73
Workplace Discrimination......Page 76
NIKKEIJIN AND HOUSING......Page 77
Ghetto or Enclave?......Page 79
Company sponsored housing......Page 82
Absence of Policy......Page 84
NIKKEIJIN AND EDUCATION......Page 86
Lack o f teacher training and support......Page 89
Reliance on volunteer groups......Page 91
"Glass Ceiling"......Page 93
NOTES......Page 95
CHAPTER 6 ETHNIC GERMANS IN GERMANY: A SIMILAR CASE......Page 99
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND......Page 100
GERMAN POLICY......Page 103
Labor market......Page 104
Housing......Page 105
Political Rights, Language, and Integration......Page 106
NOTES......Page 111
CHAPTER 7 PROSPECTS AND IMPLICATIONS......Page 113
ETHNICITY, LANGUAGE, AND CULTURE......Page 114
IMMIGRANT AND IMMIGRATION POLICY......Page 116
MULTICULTURALISM IN JAPAN?......Page 119
POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS......Page 121
FUTURE RESEARCH ON NIKKEIJIN IN JAPAN......Page 123
CONCLUSION......Page 124
NOTES......Page 125
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 126