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Reinventing Japan : immigration's role in shaping Japan's future / [by] Demetrios G. Papademetriou, Kimberly A. Hamilton.

By: Contributor(s): Series: International Migration Policy Program (Series) ; 10.Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace : distributed by Brookings Institution Press, 2000.Description: vii, 75 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0870031821
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-72) and index.

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.

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