Foreigners and Civil Society in Japan

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2853533
AutoresApichai W Shipper (University of Southern California, autor de correspondencia)
Año2006
Volumen79
Número2
Páginas269-289
Fecha de publicación2006-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaPacific Affairs (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379
EditorialPacific Affairs (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5509/2006792269
OpenAlexW2314905073
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas7

Introduction Migrant labour is increasingly widespread in East Asia, as the lure of economic growth and diversification in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore attracts workers from across the continent, as far away as Pakistan and Iran. Although Japan has one of the most controlled borders in the industrialized world, the number of resident foreigners rose to over two million by the end of 2005. While many foreigners are old immigrants from Korea and China who were born in Japan (zainichi), over half are new immigrants from China, Brazil, South Korea, the Philippines, Thailand, Peru, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Iran.1 Zainichi, who work mostly in the service sector, get higher pay and better jobs and working conditions than other foreign workers. New foreign migrants come to work for Japanese small-medium manufacturers. Newcomers also include another

Civil society · Political science · Politics · Law · Socioeconomic Development in Asia