Open Borders, Open Society? Immigration and Social Integration in Japan

Toake Endoh, Ph.D. is professor of political science at Josai International University, Japan.

Introduction
Part I National Immigration Policies
Chapter 1: Problems from Leviathan's Cells (Toake Endoh)
Chapter 2: Refugee Policy (Ryuji Mukae)


Part II Who Foreign Workers/Residents Are: From Micro-level Perspectives
Chapter 3: Forty-Five Years of Multiculturalism in Japan: A Personal Narrative (J. F. Morris)
Chapter 4: Socially Different: Diversity of Vietnamese Residents in Japan (Setsuko Shibuya)
Chapter 5: The Unexplored Potential of Foreign Workers in Japan's Travel and Tourism Industries (Hidekazu Iwamoto)


Part III Issues of Migrant Integration on the Subnational Level
Chapter 6: Japan's Immigration Policy and Japanese Language Requirements (Uichi Kamiyoshi)
Chapter 7: The Significance of Multicultural Coexistence in Post-Pandemic Japan (Akiyoshi Kikuchi)


ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Contributors
Index