TY  - BOOK
AU  - Papademetriou,Demetrios G.
AU  - Hamilton,Kimberly A.
TI  - Reinventing Japan: immigration's role in shaping Japan's future 
T2  - International migration policy program
SN  - 0870031821
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, distributed by Brookings Institution Press
KW  - Japan
KW  - Emigration and immigration
KW  - Government policy
N1  - 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
ER  -