Population trends and migration patterns in Northeast Asia / Maurice D. Van Arsdol, Jr., Stephen Lam, Brian Ettkin and Glenn Guarin -- Chinese in the Russian Far East : regional views / Victor Larin -- Migration and economic security : Chinese labour migrants in the Russian Far East / Elizabeth Wishnick -- The Russian presence in contemporary Japan : case studies in Hokkaido and Niigata / Tsuneo Akaha and Anna Vassilieva -- Chinese migrants in contemporary Japan : the case of Niigata / Daojiong Zha -- Koreans in Japan and Shimane / Mika Mervio -- North Koreans in China : sorting fact from fiction / Hazel Smith -- The realities of South Korea's migration policies / Shin-wha Lee -- Foreign migration issues in Mongolia / Tsedendamba Batbayar -- Conclusion : implications for regional international relations / Tsuneo Akaha and Anna Vassilieva