Title Reinventing Japan : immigration's role in shaping Japan's future / by Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Kimberly A. Hamilton

Published Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace : distributed by Brookings Institution Press, [2000] ©2000

Table of Contents
	Tables and Figures					vi
	Preface					vii
	Introduction					1
1.	Why Immigration Now Matters in Japan					9
		The "Heisei Boom" and the Onset of Labor Shortfalls				10
		The Collapse of the Bubble Economy				12
		Aging, Japan's Workforce, and the Japanese Future				15
		External Influences on Immigration to Japan				21
2.	A Profile of Japan's Foreign Population					25
3.	Japanese Responses to Immigration					32
		Turning a Blind Eye: Local versus National Approaches to Immigration				32
		The Rights of Foreign Workers and the 1990 Immigration Control Act				34
		Japan and Its Korean Community				43
		Japan's Domestic Policy Debate about Foreign Workers				46
		Foreign Direct Investment and Overseas Development Assistance				52
	Conclusion					58
	Epilogue: Seven Immigration Policy "Rules" for Japan to Consider					65
	References					67
	About the Authors					73
	International Migration Policy Program					74
	Carnegie Endowment for International Peace					75

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Description vii, 75 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Series International migration policy program ; 10 International Migration Policy Program (Series) ; 10 Contents Introduction -- Why immigration now matters in Japan -- The "heisei boom" and the onset of labor shortfalls -- The collapse of the bubble economy -- Aging, Japan's work force and the Japanese future -- External influences on immigration to Japan -- A profile of Japan's foreign population -- Japanese responses to immigration -- Turning a blind eye : local vs. national approaches to immigration -- The rights of foreign workers and the 1990 immigration control act -- Japan and its Korean community -- Japan's domestic policy debate about foreign workers -- Foreign direct investment and overseas development assistance -- Conclusion -- Policy epilogue : seven immigration policy "rules" for Japan to consider Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 67-72) and index Subject Explorers. SUBJECT Japan -- Emigration and immigration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105988 -- Government policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005269 Genre/Form Adventure fiction. Author Hamilton, Kimberly A. LC no. 00010227 ISBN 0870031821 (paperback: alk. paper)

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