Douglass: Japan \u0026 Global Migration by Mike Douglass


Douglass: Japan \u0026 Global Migration
Title : Douglass: Japan \u0026 Global Migration
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ISBN : 0824827422
ISBN-10 : 9780824827427
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 328
Publication : First published August 1, 2003

The global age of migration is fast becoming a permanent feature of Japanese life, impacting the country's economic, social, and political landscape. The twelve essays collected here bring together the most up-to-date, original research on foreign workers and households from a variety of perspectives. Throughout, three key questions are addressed: Does the recent wave of migration constitute a new multicultural age that challenges Japan's identity as a homogenous society? How do foreign workers confront the many difficulties of living in Japan? How is Japanese society both resisting and accommodating the growing presence of foreign workers in its communities? Japan and Global Migration is a much-needed and timely contribution to the literature on Japan and cultural difference and required reading for anyone concerned with the future of Japanese society.



Contributors: Mike Douglass, John Lie, Takashi Machimura, Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu, Katherine Tegtmeyer Pak, David Pollack, Glenda S. Roberts, Katsuko Terasawa, Michael Weiner, Keiko Yamanaka, Keizo Yamawaki.

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  • Lara Danielle

    I expected nothing less from Douglass. This is a great (introductory) book on Japan and global migration. Despite being published in 2003, current studies on global migration in Japan will show that a lot of aspects discussed here are still relevant at present, especially on the (un)changing policies of the Japanese government in the integration of foreign workers in Japanese society. This also shatters a lot of myths on the scholarship and identity of Japan, particularly the myth of their "homogeneous race."

    I particularly like the chapter on the history of Korean and Chinese migrant workers in Japan. Majority of the scholarship on Korean workers in Japan start in 1910 when Korea was annexed by Japan. But in this chapter, it enlightens on the plight of the Korean workers in the coal mines of Japan, and consequently of the friction between Korean, Chinese, and Japanese workers during the Meiji Restoration.