1st Edition

Migrant Workers In Japan

By Hiroshi Komai Copyright 1995
    324 Pages
    by Routledge

    324 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 1995. The issue of foreign workers in Japan has already reached a turning point, as they are quickly changing from a flow into a group of settled residents. This change has been accompanied by a great deal of research in Japan, but there have been precious few attempts to grasp the problem in a unified manner, and this book, based on the author’s own field research, represents such an attempt.

    Part 1 Introduction: revision of the Immigration Act and the situation of foreign workers; human rights violations; beginnings of a gradual opening; striking roots and the effects of recession. Part 2 How do foreign workers enter Japan?: role of brokers; unauthorized labour in the guise of trainees; Japanese language schools and Shugakusei. Part 3 Situation of workers according to sector: the sex and entertainment industry; manufacturing sector; construction industry; service sector; other industries. Part 4 Foreign workers' housing and living situation: housing; formation of zones in concentrated housing; increasing role in local governments; foreigners and crime. Part 5 The Third World's structuralized labour exports: the stages of Asia's labour export; the exporting countries of Asia; Asia's host countries; Latin America. Part 6 Beyond the closed door-open door debate: the debate; trends in public opinion; resident Koreans and refugees; the theory of unavoidability.

    Biography

    Hiroshi Komai