Temporary Workers or Future Citizens?: Japanese and U.S. Migration Policies

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Opposing Visions: Migration and Citizenship Policies in Japan and the United States....Pages 3-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Historical Conditions in the United States for Assimilating Immigrants....Pages 31-55
The Incorporation of Immigrants in the United States....Pages 56-76
A History of Japanese Emigration from the 1860s to the 1990s....Pages 77-119
The Challenge of Incorporating Foreigners in Japan: “Ethnic Japanese” and “Sociological Japanese”....Pages 120-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Does Japan Need Immigrants?....Pages 151-176
The Economic Consequences of Immigration: Application to the United States and Japan....Pages 177-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Japanese Policies on the Rights and Benefits Granted to Foreign Workers, Residents, Refugees and Illegals....Pages 211-237
The Legal Rights of Citizens and Aliens in the United States....Pages 238-290
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
What We Can Learn from the German Experiences Concerning Foreign Labor....Pages 293-318
The Perils and Promise of Pluralism: Lessons from the German Case for Japan....Pages 319-352
Front Matter....Pages 353-353
Japan’s Dilemma: Can International Migration be Controlled?....Pages 355-383
Appearances and Realities: Controlling Illegal Immigration in the United States....Pages 384-427
Front Matter....Pages 429-429
Japan’s Responses to Refugees and Political Asylum Seekers....Pages 431-451
US Responses to Refugees and Asylum Seekers....Pages 452-477
Back Matter....Pages 478-482